Flood — Gooding, Idaho

2017-02-08 to 2017-02-09 · near Hagerman, Gooding, Idaho

Event narrative

Rain and snowmelt on top of saturated and frozen soil led to widespread flooding. A report from social media indicated much of the town of Hagerman including the city park was flooded. Widespread flooding of agricultural lands occurred and some roads were damaged and closed due to flooding.

Wider weather episode

Strong Southwesterly flow behind a warm front spread heavy rain across most of the intermountain west. Flooding occurred in most of South Central Idaho.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 690706. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.