Part of Highway 33 experiencing flooding; warning issued in Teton County

DRIGGS — A section region is informing drivers to beryllium cautious adjacent a authorities road owed to flooding.

Teton County, Idaho, officials said nan flooding is occurring connected State Highway 33 adjacent Fox Creek betwixt West 5500 South and West 6000 South.

“This is simply a astir yearly occurrence along this information of road successful nan valley. The flooding is caused by regular snowfall runoff (as good arsenic further rainfall Monday) successful nan mountains,” said Mitch Golden, nan administrative head astatine nan Teton County Sheriff’s Office.

The National Weather Service successful Pocatello has issued a flood informing for nan area owed to rainfall and expected snowmelt. 

Golden said officials person been monitoring nan road, and nan Idaho Transportation Department has group up signs informing drivers astir nan situation. 

“As of nan past update, astir 1 inch of h2o is connected nan roadway (down from earlier successful nan morning),” Golden said successful an email to EastIdahoNews.com. 

NWS issued nan flood informing connected Tuesday, and it will stay successful effect until 4 p.m. Wednesday. Places for illustration Driggs and Victor are expected to acquisition flooding. 

“Rainfall estimates from (Monday) show a wide quarter-inch to half an inch near/just southbound of Driggs and immoderate reporting sites astatine higher elevations showing three-quarters of an inch to an inch,” NWS wrote in a post. “As temperatures proceed to lukewarm complete nan adjacent respective days, we are expecting much snowmelt disconnected of nan Tetons.”

The informing impacts flooding rivers, creeks, and streams. It added that erstwhile encountering flooded roads, drivers should “turn around, don’t drown.”

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Courtesy Teton Valley Weather