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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Medford, OR

March 21, 2012Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Mar 21, 2012, 9:17 AM PDT for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2012, 9:17 AM PDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2012, 3:54 PM PDT
In force: 31 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 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Fk Coquille River near Myrtle Point (MYNO3).

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14327000, 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 Mar 21, 1:10 AM PDT, 8 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 1:10 AM PDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 7:27 AM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 21, 6:55 AM PDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 21, 7:07 AM PDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 21, 7:16 AM PDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Mar 21, 8:32 AM PDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
832 AM PDT WED MAR 21 2012

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NNE NORTH BEND        43.47N 124.20W
03/21/2012  M2.17 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BY SPOTTER CO92 EVENT DURATION 24
            HOURS.

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IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Mar 21, 8:35 AM PDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
835 AM PDT WED MAR 21 2012

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       7 ESE COOS BAY          43.35N 124.09W
03/21/2012  M1.74 INCH       COOS               OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BY SPOTTER CO87 EVENT DURATION 24
            HOURS.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Mar 21, 8:39 AM PDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
839 AM PDT WED MAR 21 2012

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NNW BROOKINGS         42.12N 124.32W
03/21/2012  M2.94 INCH       CURRY              OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BY SPOTTER CU13 EVENT DURATION 24
            HOURS.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 11:29 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	31 hr
Mar 21, 3:25 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	MFR	Klamath, Lake	20 hr
Mar 21, 3:25 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath	6 hr
Mar 21, 6:56 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		25 hr
Mar 21, 8:59 AM PDT	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Douglas	11 hr
Mar 21, 9:14 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath	106 min
Mar 21, 1:02 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	MFR	Douglas	19 hr
Mar 21, 2:27 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath	15 hr
Mar 21, 2:28 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	25 hr
Mar 21, 3:05 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Douglas	5 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.