Flash Flood — Owyhee, Idaho

2013-09-12 · near Oreana, Owyhee, Idaho

Event narrative

Water was running in Castle Creek at Oreana for the first time this year and was overflowing from a ditch and was running across the driveway.

Wider weather episode

An expansive upper low situated across Eastern Nevada fed moisture northward into Idaho where intense convection spurred flash flooding across the area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 478543. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.