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Flash Flood — Latah, ID

May 30, 2019

During the evening of May 30th an isolated thunderstorm formed just southeast of Moscow. Heavy rain from this storm caused a localized flash flood along an intermittent stream bed, which washed out a culvert and over topped it's banks to flow down a driveway and inundate the residential parking area with 6 inches of water.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 818423). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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