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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Medford, OR

December 8, 1996Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood warning at Dec 8, 1996, 11:26 AM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It was in force for 4 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 1996, 11:26 AM PST (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 1996, 11:30 AM PST
In force: 4 min
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Area: Whole counties

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 731 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 8, 8:32 AM PST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 8:32 AM PST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PST SUN DEC 08 1996

JCY BARO BAND ACROSS W ORE HAS NICE SUB TROPCL TAP THIS AM AND WILL
PERSIST INTO MON AM WITH BIG RAIN AMMNTS SW OR INTO NW CALIF. ERL HAS
SPLTNG TROF AXIS MVNG INLND DRNG DAY MON WITH STNGST DYNMCS MVNG INTO
CNTRL CALIF. MON AM.  ANTHR WV FRM W APPRCHS CST LATE MON AFTN.  HOLTZ

.KMAX...VCP 21...OPERATING

.MFR...SMALL STREAM AMD RIVER FLOOD WARNING ALL OF SW OREGON
    ...FLOOD WARNING SOUTH FORK COQUILLE AT MYRTLE POINT AND COQUILLE
       RIVER AT COQUILLE
    ...FLOOD WARNING ROGUE RIVER FROM APPLEGATE RIVER TO GOLD BEACH
    ...FLOOD WATCH SW ORE ZONES 3..7..8/NRN CA ZONE 11 THROUGH SUNDAY
       NIGHT.

...SEE PDXCCFPDX FOR CODED CITIES FORECAST.

MFR RW 052/042 049/039 047 05++87
LMT RW 048/038 044/033 040 056675
RBG RW 053/043 050/041 049 05++87
4BK RW 059/048 054/043 052 05++88
OTH RW 055/047 054/044 052 05++88
YKA RW 051/037 046/035 042 058+87
MHS RW 047/038 043/033 039 0576+6
S11 RW 049/034 043/032 038 056675

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 8, 8:16 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
814 AM PST SUN DEC 08 1996

TIME(PST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0807 AM    BROOKINGS                 OR   FLOODING
12/08/96   CURRY                          CURRY COUNTY SHERIFF.
                                          CHETCO HAS RISEN 11/2 FT
                                          IN LAST HOUR. EVACUATING
                                          SOME TRAILER COURT
                                          LOCATIONS.

Special weather statement, Dec 8, 8:17 AM PST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

ORZ003-008-101530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
817 AM PST SUN DEC 08 1996

...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER ABOVE
AGNESS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE ROGUE RIVER FROM THE APPLEGATE RIVER TO AGNESS. AT 700 AM
THIS MORNING...THE ROGUE RIVER WAS REPORTED AT ABOUT A FOOT BELOW THE
BASEMENT LEVEL OF THE MORRISON LODGE NEAR GALICE.

THE ROGUE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE AGNESS OREGON
AS INCREASED FLOWS FROM THE APPLEGATE RIVER AND OTHER UPSTREAM
TRIBUTARIES OF THE ROGUE RIVER MAKE THEIR WAY DOWNSTREAM.

PERSONS LIVING AND OR TRAVELING ALONG THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER NEAR GALICE
...FINDLY BEND AND THE HELL GATE AREAS NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW FROM
RISING WATERS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY.

BURBACK

Special weather statement, Dec 8, 8:31 AM PST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

ORZ003-008-101530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
817 AM PST SUN DEC 08 1996

...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER ABOVE
AGNESS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE ROGUE RIVER FROM THE APPLEGATE RIVER TO AGNESS. AT 700 AM
THIS MORNING...THE ROGUE RIVER WAS REPORTED AT ABOUT A FOOT BELOW THE
BASEMENT LEVEL OF THE MORRISON LODGE NEAR GALICE.

THE ROGUE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE AGNESS OREGON
AS INCREASED FLOWS FROM THE APPLEGATE RIVER AND OTHER UPSTREAM
TRIBUTARIES OF THE ROGUE RIVER MAKE THEIR WAY DOWNSTREAM.

PERSONS LIVING AND OR TRAVELING ALOtNG THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER NEAR GALICE
...FINDLY BEND AND THE HELL GATE AREAS NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW FROM
RISING WATERS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY.

BURBACK

Special weather statement, Dec 8, 8:32 AM PST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

ORZ003-501-101530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
726 AM PST SUN DEC 08 1996

...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE ROGUE RIVER FROM AGNESS OREGON TO GOLD BEACH OREGON.  AT 6:00
AM THIS MORNING...THE ROGUE RIVER WAS REPORTED A FOOT AND A HALF
BELOW BANKFULL AT THE FOUR SEASONS RESORT ON THE ROGUE RIVER ABOVE
GOLD BEACH.

THE ROGUE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO RISE BELOW AGNESS OREGON
AS TREMENDOUS FLOWS WILL FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND INCREASED FLOWS
FROM THE ROGUE RIVER AT AGNESS MAKE THEIR WAY DOWNSTREAM.

PERSONS LIVING~ AND OR TRAVELING ALONG THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER NEED TO
TAKE ACTION NOW FROM RISING WATERS.

VAN TRESS

Special weather statement, Dec 8, 10:15 AM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

ORZ003-101500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1015 AM PST SUN DEC 8 1996

...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER
   NEAR MYRTLE POINT...

A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER NEAR
MYRTLE POINT. HERE IS THE LATEST STAGE AND FORECAST AS OF 900 AM PST...

RIVER/          LATEST   FLOOD     FORECASTS/
STATION NAME    STAGE    STAGE     REMARKS
                (FEET)   (FEET)
NORTH FORK      32.05    35.0      FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE NEAR
COQUILLE NEAR                      400 AM MONDAY MORNING. FORECAST TO
MYRTLE POINT                       CREST AROUND FLOOD STAGE FROM 1000 AM
                                   MONDAY UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL AND LOW LYING AREA FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN
AND AROUND MYRTLE POINT. SOME SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 42 DOWNSTREAM FROM
MYRTLE POINT COULD POSSIBLY FLOOD. NUMEROUS ROADS ALONG AND NEAR THE
NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER WILL LIKELY FLOOD.

THESE RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED UPON FORECASTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. IF
OBSERVED RAINFALL DIFFERS FROM FORECASTED AMOUNTS...THESE RIVER STAGE
FORECASTS WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR NEAR THE NORTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER SHOULD
TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM RISING WATERS.

BURBACK

Special weather statement, Dec 8, 10:16 AM PST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

ORZ003-101500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1015 AM PST SUN DEC 8 1996

...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER
   NEAR MYRTLE POINT...

A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER NEAR
MYRTLE POINT. HERE IS THE LATEST STAGE AND FORECAST AS OF 900 AM PST...

RIVER/          LATEST   FLOOD     FORECASTS/
STATION NAME    STAGE    STAGE     REMARKS
                (FEET)   (FEET)
NORTH FORK      32.05    35.0      FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE NEAR
COQUILLE NEAR                      400 AM MONDAY MORNING. FORECAST TO
MYRTLE POINT                       CREST AROUND FLOOD STAGE FROM 1000 AM
                                   MONDAY UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL AND LOW LYING AREA FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN
AND AROUND MYRTLE POINT. SOME SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 42 DOWNSTREAM FROM
MYRTLE POINT COULD POSSIBLY FLOOD. NUMEROUS ROADS ALONG AND NEAR THE
NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER WILL LIKELY FLOOD.

THESE RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED UPON FORECASTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. IF
OBSERVED RAINFALL DIFFERS FROM FORECASTED AMOUNTS...THESE RIVER STAGE
FORECASTS WILL VARY ACCORDI.NGLY.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR NEAR THE NORTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER SHOULD
TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM RISING WATERS.

BURBACK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 7, 6:15 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MFR	Jackson	13 hr
Dec 7, 7:15 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MFR	Jackson	12 hr
Dec 7, 7:55 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MFR	Josephine	11 hr
Dec 8, 11:26 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine	4 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.