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River Flood Watch 27, NWS Medford, OR

November 18, 2012Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Nov 18, 2012, 11:43 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2012, 11:43 AM PST (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Nov 19, 2012, 2:46 PM PST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fk Coquille River at Myrtle Point (MYPO3). The gauge peaked at 33.70 ft at Nov 20, 2012, 2:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 33 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14326510, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch 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 river flood watch went out at Nov 18, 10:04 AM PST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 10:04 AM PST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 18, 7:12 AM PST, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 4:36 PM PST	Storm Warning	MFR		52 hr
Nov 18, 4:13 AM PST	High Surf Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	41 hr
Nov 18, 4:41 AM PST	Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine	63 hr
Nov 18, 4:54 AM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	58 hr
Nov 18, 3:03 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath	69 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.