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River Flood Watch 41, NWS Medford, OR

December 4, 2012Coos County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Dec 4, 2012, 10:49 AM PST for Coos County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2012, 10:49 AM PST (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 2012, 10:47 PM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Coos County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Deer Creek at Roseburg (DEEO3).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Dec 4, 9:11 AM PST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 9:11 AM PST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 4, 5:38 AM PST, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 4, 9:35 AM PST, 1 hour 14 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
Dec 3, 4:02 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Curry, Josephine	44 hr
Dec 3, 4:02 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	36 hr
Dec 3, 4:02 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	36 hr
Dec 4, 8:52 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR		8 hr
Dec 4, 10:49 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Douglas	24 hr
Dec 4, 10:49 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Douglas	24 hr
Dec 4, 1:00 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Klamath, Lake	107 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Oregon, 2012 Every river flood watch in 2012

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.