Idaho, 1997Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 11, 1997
August 11, 1997 · NWS PIH · 5 events in 1 county or zone
4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Heavy Rain, Power
- When
- August 11, 2:00 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Power County, 5 mi SE of Crystal
- Coordinates
- 42.694, -112.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm spotter along Rattlesnake Road measured 1.5 inches of rain in 30 minutes.
Flash Flood, Power
- When
- August 11, 2:30 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Power County, 3 mi SE of Crystal
- Coordinates
- 42.694, -112.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
3 to 5 feet of water flooded down Rattlesnake Creek washing through a correl, over driveways and across wheat and hay fields.
Flash Flood, Power
- When
- August 11, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Power County, 3 mi SE of Crystal
- Coordinates
- 42.694, -112.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
1 to 3 feet of water rushed across a 100 yard section of Upper Rattlesnake Road immediately west of Wright Lane.
Flash Flood, Power
- When
- August 11, 2:30 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Power County, 2 mi ESE of Pauline
- Coordinates
- 42.694, -112.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One foot of water flooded over Mink Creek Road.
Flash Flood, Power
- When
- August 11, 2:30 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Power County, 3 mi SE of Pauline
- Coordinates
- 42.694, -112.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lusk Road between Mink Creek Road and the Arbon Valley Highway was washed out in four places.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, August 11, 19971 injured · $128 million · 1.5 in hail · 6 events
- Flood in Colorado, August 11, 1997$25 million · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 11, 19973 injured · $500 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 11, 19971 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 11, 19971 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 11, 19974 events
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 11, 19973 events
- Hail in Colorado, August 11, 19972 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Colorado, August 11, 19971 in hail · 2 events
- Waterspout in Mississippi, August 11, 19971 event
- Waterspout in Florida, August 11, 19971 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 11, 1997$3,000 · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5618163, 5618161, 5618162, 5618164, 5618165.