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River Flood Watch 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Apr 21, 2011, 8:03 AM PDT for Modoc County, California. It took effect at Apr 22, 2011, 8:45 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2011, 8:03 AM PDT (15:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2011, 8:45 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 8:50 AM PDT
- In force
- 5 min
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Flood severity
- None
County Modoc County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Pit River near Canby (CNBC1). The gauge peaked at 8.10 ft at Apr 23, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT.
- Action stage
- 7.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11348500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:01 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 13 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:28 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 23 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:40 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.