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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID

530 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ELMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO

  BOISE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IDAHO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOWMAN...IDAHO CITY



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 530 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

WAS FALLING IN BOISE COUNTY AND ELMORE COUNTY.   THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

ARE PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  

SMALL STREAM FLOODING WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD WAS REPORTED 

IN NORTHERN GEM COUNTY NEAR PEARL AROUND 500 PM MDT AS THESE STORMS 

PASSED BY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY 

IN AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN BURNED BY RECENT FOREST FIRES.



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 4421 11605 4409 11623 4382 11622 4359 11593

          4364 11506 4421 11524



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