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WGUS85 KBOI 310947
FLSBOI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
347 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
MALHEUR RIVER NEAR VALE AFFECTING MALHEUR COUNTY.
.INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL CAUSE THE RIVER FLOWS TO BECOME
HIGH. EXPECT MINOR FLOODING DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM.
FOR THE MALHEUR RIVER...INCLUDING VALE...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM MDT /200
PM PDT/.
ORC045-312100-
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347 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2025 /247 AM PDT MON MAR 31 2025/
...FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
LATE TOMORROW MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...MALHEUR RIVER NEAR VALE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.5 FEET, THE RIVER WILL BEGIN SPILLING OVER ITS
BANK FLOODING FARMLAND BETWEEN VALE AND ONTARIO. WATER WILL BEGIN
APPROACHING LOW SPOTS ON BUTTE DRIVE. WATER WILL APPROACH THE 36TH
STREET BRIDGE UPSTREAM FROM ONTARIO ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER FLOOD
STAGE IS EXCEEDED NEAR VALE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 AM MDT MONDAY /2:30 AM PDT MONDAY/ THE STAGE WAS 19.5
FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TO A CREST OF 19.5 FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
20.1 FEET ON 02/08/1951.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4395 11745 4402 11725 4407 11698 4403 11697
4390 11732
JDS
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