Idaho, 2024

Debris Flow in Idaho, September 25, 2024

September 25, 2024 · NWS BOI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

00 inches from nearby showers caused debris flows on the Wapiti wildfire burn scar, creating structural damage and impacting fire fighting operations.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.

Heavy rain ranging from 0.75-1.00 inches from nearby showers caused debris flows on the Wapiti wildfire burn scar, creating structural damage and impacting fire fighting operations.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 25, 1:47 AM MST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 1:47 AM MST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Boise ID
247 AM MDT Wed Sep 25 2024

.SHORT TERM...Today through Friday night...SW flow aloft will
precede a trough passage tonight, bringing warmer air to the
region and resulting in highs around 15 degrees above normal.
Latest guidance suggests that the chance of showers and
thunderstorms across the north may be a bit lower than
previously depicted, but there's enough uncertainty to warrant
leaving low PoPs (10-30%) in the forecast. Winds will increase
out of the SW this afternoon in SE Oregon, gusting 30-40 mph in
some areas. Gusty winds will also be felt over the higher
terrain across the entire area into this evening. Once the
trough passes late tonight, zonal flow aloft will give way to
weaker SW flow by Friday. Temps will be cooler Thu/Fri, but
still above normal.

.LONG TERM...Saturday through Wednesday...Saturday will start
with SW flow aloft and warm temperatures at the surface. A
shortwave trough will move by to the north Saturday night into
Sunday, increasing winds but not bringing any precipitation.
Behind the trough, relatively weak NW flow will move in Sunday
night into Monday. Ridging is forecast to briefly build toward
the area late Monday, but this should move off to the south Tue.
The entire long term period is expected to be dry with continued
above-normal temperatures.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR. Surface winds: E to SE up to 10 kt through 18Z,
becoming SW to SE 5-15 kt. Gusts to 25 kt in SE Oregon this
afternoon. Winds at 10kft MSL: SW 15-30 kt.

KBOI...VFR. SE up to around 10 kt.

&&

.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
OR...None.

&&

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SHORT TERM...SP
LONG TERM....SP
AVIATION.....SP

The radar

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Event by event

1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.

Debris Flow, Boise

When
September 25, 7:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
Where
Boise County, 6.13 mi ENE of Lowman Warm Spgs Arp to 6.26 mi ENE of Lowman Warm Spgs Arp
Cause
Heavy Rain / Burn Area
Reported by
Park/Forest Service
Coordinates
44.174, -115.222

Heavy rains (0.75 inches estimated) caused 5 debris flows that came down the tributary that drains to the east portion of Camp Creek Basin. NWS employees took photos of one home that was damaged and reported that Grandjean Road was impassable due to mud and debris.

What these are

Debris Flow
A fast-moving slurry of mud, rock and debris, usually on a slope soaked by heavy rain or stripped by a fire.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

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: 1209496.