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Idaho Flood Stories

189 first-hand accounts of flood events in Idaho, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Ada, ID · Jun 13, 2023

A nearly stationary upper level low over the Four Corners region brought periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms which caused localized urban flooding in south central Idaho.

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Owyhee, ID · Jun 13, 2023

A nearly stationary upper level low over the Four Corners region brought periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms which caused localized urban flooding in south central Idaho.

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Nez Perce, ID · Jun 12, 2022

Another trough system brought a round of slow moving stratiform slow moving showers. With the abundant amount of precipitation from earlier in the month, the streams and creeks were already near bank full.

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Flood

Nez Perce, ID · Jun 12, 2022

Another trough system brought a round of slow moving stratiform slow moving showers. With the abundant amount of precipitation from earlier in the month, the streams and creeks were already near bank full.

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Flood

Latah, ID · Jun 12, 2022

Another trough system brought a round of slow moving stratiform slow moving showers. With the abundant amount of precipitation from earlier in the month, the streams and creeks were already near bank full.

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Flood

Nez Perce, ID · Jun 12, 2022

Another trough system brought a round of slow moving stratiform slow moving showers. With the abundant amount of precipitation from earlier in the month, the streams and creeks were already near bank full.

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Flood$15K damage

Shoshone, ID · Aug 21, 2002

After a half-inch of rain fell on Wallace the evening of August 20, another half-inch of rain fell on Wallace the evening of August 21. Many streets in Wallace were under several feet of water for a time with vehicles stalled out in deep puddles.

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Flood

Ada, ID · Aug 10, 2022

An upper level trough on the West Coast slowly edged in between a ridge of high pressure to the east of the region. This allowed for monsoon moisture to move into the region along with strong southwest flow.

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Owyhee, ID · Aug 10, 2022

An upper level trough on the West Coast slowly edged in between a ridge of high pressure to the east of the region. This allowed for monsoon moisture to move into the region along with strong southwest flow.

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Flood

Bear Lake, ID · Jul 1, 2011

Extensive lowland and field flooding continued through much of July along the Bear River upstream of Stewart Dam. Water continued to surround a couple homes in the dingle area and water continued to impact a portion of Pegram Road near the town of Pegram.

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Flood

Butte, ID · Jan 9, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Franklin, ID · Jan 9, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Flood

Bannock, ID · Jan 9, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Clark, ID · Jan 9, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Lemhi, ID · May 7, 2017

A few warm days and nights to increase snowmelt, followed by a rain event that had several hours of rain over the Salmon River Basin culminated in high flows the evening of May 6th.

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Caribou, ID · Jan 9, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Flood

Cassia, ID · Jan 8, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Flood

Minidoka, ID · Jan 8, 2017

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches.

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Flood

Latah, ID · Dec 29, 2017

A stationary front fed by a rich plume of Pacific moisture followed by the passage of a surface low pressure brought heavy snow to the mountains and valleys of north Idaho beginning on the 28th of December and continuing through the 30th.

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Flood

Blaine, ID · Jun 4, 2019

Some minor flooding occurred for several days in the Della area in Hailey with water reaching housed and some roads closed. Significant damage was not reported.

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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…

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