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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID

549 PM MDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTY IN IDAHO

  CENTRAL MINIDOKA COUNTY IN IDAHO



* UNTIL 645 PM MDT



* AT 542 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD FROM 9 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF MINIDOKA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBION...OR FROM 16

  MILES NORTH OF RUPERT TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BASIN...MOVING

  EAST AT 20 MPH.



WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL CASSIA 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 5 PM.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO BY CALLING TOLL FREE

1-800-877-1937.



LAT...LON 4291 11366 4256 11381 4225 11373 4245 11309

          4266 11348 4297 11346



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