Flood — Franklin, Idaho

2017-01-09 to 2017-01-11 · near Preston, Franklin, Idaho

Event narrative

Some flooding in the NE corner of Preston, especially around the Country Club/golf course. Water over the road on Highway 34 in Preston. Also, water reported over the road on Highway 36 up to Mile Marker 7. Water has not been deep enough to necessitate road closures.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 677067. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.