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WGUS55 KBOI 261935

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IDC003-087-262100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID

131 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO

  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IDAHO



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT



* AT 127 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE AND

  A HALF TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER 

NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES AT ABOUT 25 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO 

TRIGGERED MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BOISE.



LAT...LON 4477 11694 4458 11703 4456 11648 4525 11651

          4525 11669



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