Flood in Gooding County, Idaho

Flood May 7, 2017 – May 16, 2017 · Gooding County, Idaho

$100K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Rapid snowmelt in the high elevations of the Big Wood Basin sent high flows over the spillway of Magic Reservoir causing flooding downstream in Gooding County. Agricultural land and low lying roads were impacted by the high water around the town of Gooding.

The wider storm

Spring snow melt flooding occurred across much of Southwest Idaho as a result of an above normal snow pack for the winter of 2016 to 2017.

Began near Gooding (42.9300, -114.7000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 702472. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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