May 6, 2005
On the evening of the 6th of May, a slow moving line of thunderstorms moved across central Idaho. These thunderstorms dumped one to three inches of rain in an hour across portions of the Idaho Palouse. A flash flood moved into Hubble Gulch and washed out Hubble Gulch Road and a few structures in Nez Perce County. Numerous roads were also washed out in Latah County with the same storms. There was an estimated 2 million dollars damage to roads and structures total for both counties because of the
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5450104). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nez Perce County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.