Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1998, 7:15 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California; Klamath County, Oregon. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 12, 1998, 7:15 PM PDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1998, 9:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 130223 FFWMFR CAC093-ORC035-130415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 715 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 915 PM PDT * AT 700 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSNTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY TO EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY... MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST. DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. CRAWFORD
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 Jun 12, 2:30 PM PDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:30 PM PDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DOING A NUMBER ON SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY AND MODOC
COUNTY. FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. DEWPOINTS ARE RUNNING IN
THE LOWER 50S THROUGHOUT THAT AREA. DEFORMATION ZONE CAUSING ALL THIS
EXCITEMENT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT. EXPECTING A MUCH
QUIETER SATURDAY. RIDGE OVER EASTERN PACIFIC BROADENS OVER THE
WEEKEND TO COVER THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL STABILIZE THE AIRMASS AND
ALLOW FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER.
XTDD...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RIDES OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE MONDAY
AND APPROACHES SOUTHERN OREGON OREGON ON TUESDAY. DRY MONDAY. CHANCE
FOR RAIN TUESDAY. BETTER CHANCE WEDNESDAY. SARGEANT
.KMFR...FLASH FLOOD WARNING SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY OR AND MODOC COUNTY
CA
FLASH FLOOD WATCH ORZ015 CAZ012
.KMAX...VCP 11
...SEE PDXCCFPDX FOR CODED CITIES FORECAST
MFR UU 049/084 051/085 052 070000
LMT UU 046/079 046/080 047 072110
RBG BU 053/081 052/083 053 070000
4BK UB 052/069 052/066 053 070000
OTH BB 052/063 053/063 053 070000
YKA UU 047/084 048/084 049 072110
MHS UU 049/079 050/080 051 073110
S11 UU 047/080 045/081 046 078220In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:14 PM PDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
314 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM LAKEVIEW OR FLOODING
06/12/98 LAKE LAKEVIEW 911 REPORTS
FLOODING ALONG DEADMAN
CREEK DUE TO BRUSH
COLLECTING NEAR A BRIDGE
0220 PM LAKEVIEW OR
06/12/98 LAKE LAKEVIEW 911 REPORTS 2
INCHES OF SLUSH ON THE
GROUND 13 MILES WEST OF
LAKEVIEW ALONG HIGHWAY 140
0309 PM CA FLOODING
06/12/98 MODOC MODOC COUNTY OES REPORTS
SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND
WATER OVER A NUMBER OF
ROADS. ALSO A HOUSE BEING
SAND-BAGGED FOR HIGH WATER
0310 PM ADEL OR
06/12/98 LAKE LAKEVIEW 911 REPORTS
COUNTY ROAD 310 CLOSED
BETWEEN ADEL AND PLUSH.
HIGHWY 140 EAST AT
MILEPOSTS 26 AND 28 IS
CLOSED. ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO MUDSLIDES.Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:14 PM PDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
314 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM LAKEVIEW OR FLOODING
06/12/98 LAKE LAKEVIEW 911 REPORTS
FLOODING ALONG DEADMAN
CREEK DUE TO BRUSH
COLLECTING NEAR A BRIDGE
0220 PM LAKEVIEW OR
06/12/98 LAKE LAKEVIEW 911 REPORTS 2
INCHES OF SLUSH ON THE
GROUND 13 MILES WEST OF
LAKEVIEW ALONG HIGHWAY 140
0309 PM CA FLOODING
06/12/98 MODOC MODOC COUNTY OES REPORTS
SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND
WATER OVER A NUMBER OF
ROADS. ALSO A HOUSE BEING
SAND-BAGGED FOR HIGH WATER
0310 PM ADEL OR
06/12/98 LAKE LAKEVIEW 911 REPORTS
COUNTY ROAD 310 CLOSED
BETWEEN ADEL AND PLUSH.
HIGHWY 140 EAST AT
MILEPOSTS 26 AND 28 IS
CLOSED. ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO MUDSLIDES.Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:17 PM PDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
317 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM CA FLOODING
06/12/98 MODOC MODOC COUNTY OES REPORTS
SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND
WATER OVER MANY ROADS.Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:05 PM PDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
505 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM NEWELL CA
06/12/98 MODOC SPOTTER 4 NEAR NEWELL
REPORTED 0.64 INCHES OF
RAIN IN 25 MINUTES IN A
THUNDERSTORM. ALSO HAIL UP
TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0405 PM OR
06/12/98 LAKE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED
A ROCKSLIDE ON HIGHWAY 395
UNDER ABERT RIM BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 85 AND 87 IN
NORTHEAST LAKE COUNTY.Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:05 PM PDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
505 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM NEWELL CA
06/12/98 MODOC SPOTTER 4 NEAR NEWELL
REPORTED 0.64 INCHES OF
RAIN IN 25 MINUTES IN A
THUNDERSTORM. ALSO HAIL UP
TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0405 PM OR
06/12/98 LAKE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED
A ROCKSLIDE ON HIGHWAY 395
UNDER ABERT RIM BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 85 AND 87 IN
NORTHEAST LAKE COUNTY.Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1998Flash Flood Warnings in Oregon, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.