Flood — Lewis, Idaho

2022-06-12 · near Winchester, Lewis, Idaho

Event narrative

Two flooding issues noted in Winchester. For one property, a gravel driveway was washout due to a plugged culvert. On a neighboring property, a small pond rose six feet and over the roadway. Time of start of flooding was approximate 7pm.

Wider weather episode

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. The additional 1 inch of precipitation starting to create problems for low lying areas in the Southeast WA and Lower ID Panhandle.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1043162. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.