Flood in Caribou County, Idaho

Flood January 9, 2017 – January 11, 2017 · Caribou County, Idaho

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Extensive sheet flooding in fields and street flooding in Bancroft.

The wider storm

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. Many roads were closed for extended periods due to the heavy snow and avalanches. Custer County was declared a disaster area due to the prodigious snow amounts. An emergency declaration was signed in Cassia County due to the flooding.

Began near Bancroft (42.7779, -111.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 677060. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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