Alert archive / Oregon / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood warning at Nov 18, 1996, 5:00 PM PST for Douglas County, Josephine County, Oregon. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 1996, 5:00 PM PST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1996, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, OR, Josephine County, OR
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 850 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMFR 190102 FFWMFR ORC033-019-210030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 500 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A SMALL RIVER AND STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST OREGON ...ALL OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY ...ALL OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ...ALL OF JACKSON COUNTY RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION CONTINUES TO SHOW PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC INTO SOUTHWEST OREGON LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BROAD AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM ABOUT 500 MILES WEST OF BROOKINGS. RUNOFF IN URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY THE PAST FEW HOURS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS HEAVY RAINS FALL OVER THE AREA. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS IN THE ROSEBURG AREA AND ALSO IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE APPLEGATE RIVER BASIN HAVE BEEN ALSO QUITE IMPRESSIVE DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND MIGHT POSE PROBLEMS FOR LOW BRIDGES ALONG THE APPLEGATE RIVER. THIS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS OF JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING THREATENING AND RAINY WEATHER SITUATION. BURBACK
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 Nov 18, 2:15 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 2:15 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
E-W JUICY BAROCLINIC BAND WILL CONTINUE AS IS INTO TONIGHT. BAND
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SW-NE ORIENTED LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AM
WITH MAIN FOCUS OF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING COAST AND COAST RANGE.
STRONG SHRT WV NEAR 40/140 THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH THE COAST TUE
AM AND MOVE INLAND TUE AFTERNOON. SFC LOW NEAR 40/140 NOT SHOWING ANY
SIG DEEPENING AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER GRADUAL DEEPENING WILL TAKE PLACE
OVER THE NEXT 12HRS AND WILL MOVE TO JUST OFF THE S OREGON COAST BY
12Z TUE...THEN CONTINUE NE AND INLAND BY AFTERNOON. EXPECT HIGH WINDS
S COAST AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CWA TO CONTINUE INTO TUE AM...THEN
DECREASE LATER TUE AFTERNOON. HOLTZ
.KMAX...VCP 21...
.MFR...FLW...COQUILLE R.
FFW...SMALL STREAM/RIVER WARNING S COAST/W SISKIYOU COUNTY
FFA...MAINSTEM S COAST/W SISKIYOU COUNTY
...SEE PDXCCFPDX FOR CODED CITIES FORECAST.
MFR RC 046/053 039/050 034 05++63
LMT RC 043/050 030/044 030 057743
RBG RC 046/052 040/049 040 05++75
4BK RC 052/057 045/055 045 05++75
OTH RC 050/055 045/053 045 05++75
YKA RC 040/052 030/048 030 059963
M(HS RC 041/049 035/046 030 059963
S11 RC 037/054 030/050 025 059753In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 18, 2:49 PM PST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
248 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM MEDFORD OR
11/18/96 JACKSON NE MEDFORD 4PM TO 9AM
RAINFALL 1.87 IN. 9AM TO
230 PM RAI.NFALL 1.10 IN.Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:26 PM PST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
326 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0316 PM PORT ORFORD OR FLOODING
11/18/96 CURRY RESIDENTS OF THE HUNTER
CREEK ARE BEING EVACUATED
AS OF 3PM.
0323 PM OR FLOODING
11/18/96 CURRY CU11 SIXES RIVER HAS LOW
LAND FLOODING.
0325 PM OR FLOODING
11/18/96 CURRY ELK RIVER HAS LOWLAND
FLOODING. UNCONFIRMED
REPORT THAT THE FISH
HATCHERY IS FLOODED.Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:28 PM PST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
326 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0316 PM PORT ORFORD OR FLOODING
11/18/96 CURRY RESIDENTS OF THE HUNTER
CREEK ARE BEING EVACUATED
AS OF 3PM.
0323 PM OR FLOODING
11/18/96 CURRY CU11 SIXES RIVER HAS LOW
LAND FLOODING.
0325 PM OR FLOODING
11/18/96 CURRY ELK RIVER HAS LOWLAND
FLOODING. UNCONFIRMED
REPORT THAT THE FISH
HATCHERY IS FLOODED.Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:42 PM PST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
342 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0327 PM OR
11/18/96 DOUGLAS DO21 NEAR GLIDE 2.12
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8AM
0328 PM OR
11/18/96 COOS 2 MILES FROM ALLEGANY 24
HR PRECIP AS OF 7AM 2.28.
07AM-310PM 1.76 MORE.
RIVER AT MODERATE HEIGHT
ON BANKS.Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:44 PM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
342 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0327 PM OR
11/18/96 DOUGLAS DO21 NEAR GLIDE 2.12
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8AM
0328 PM OR
11/18/96 COOS 2 MILES FROM ALLEGANY 24
HR PRECIP AS OF 7AM 2.28.
07AM-310PM 1.76 MORE.
RIVER AT MODERATE HEIGHT
ON BANKS.Local storm report, Nov 18, 4:45 PM PST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
444 PM PST MON NOV 18 1996
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM GRANTS PASS OR
11/18/96 JOSEPHINE JO03 NEAR GRANTS PASS 2.64
INCHES OF RAIN FROM 6PM
SUNDAY UNTIL 245PM TODAY.
0357 PM OR
11/18/96 COOS 3S OF MYRTLE POINT 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN PAST 2 DAYS
AS OF 5AM. 3.75 SINCE 5AM.
0358 PM COPPER OR
11/18/96 JACKSON COPPER 4NE 1.57 INCHES OF
RAIN 4PM-4PM.
0359 PM OR FLOODING
11/18/96 JOSEPHINE NEAR CAVE JUNCTION WATER
OVER THE ROAD HWY 199
MP30.
0400 PM NORTH BEND OR FLOODING
11/18/96 COOS NORTH BEND 2.50 INCH OF
RAIN 4PM-4PM. FAIRLY
EXTENSIVE URBAN FLOODING
IN COOS BAY AND NORTH
BEND.
0401 PM PORT ORFORD OR
11/18/96 CURRY PORT ORFORD 5E 5.25 INCES
OF RAIN 8AM-4PM WIND
25-30G60MPH.
0403 PM NORTH BEND OR
11/18/96 COOS SPOTTER #47 NORTH BEND 24
HOUR PRECIPITATION ENDING
AT 4PM 3.20 INCHES.
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES AT
4PM.
0440 PM PORT ORFORD OR
11/18/96 CURRY SPOTTER REPORTED 1.50
INCHES RAIN FROM 2PM-4PM
b PST.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 8:48 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 12 hr |
| Nov 18, 8:48 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry | 12 hr |
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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.