Flood in Madison County, Idaho

Flood April 2, 2017 – April 26, 2017 · Madison County, Idaho

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Madison County declared a flood emergency. Action was taken to help mitigate river bank erosion. Erosion occurred due to the high runoff. Some flooding occurred 6 miles east of Lorenzo Highway near Twin Bridges. Over 300 truck loads of riprap rock was delivered to the Sunnydell irrigation canal along the Snake River upstream of Archer Road in the attempt at erosion mitigation. More work was done at the Roth location along the Heise-Roberts levee 1 mile upstream of the Lorenzo Bridge.

The wider storm

Some flooding continued throughout the month but not as severe as previous months or the future river flooding in May and June.

Began near Plano (43.9234, -111.8800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 695343. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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