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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR

February 11, 2014Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Feb 11, 2014, 11:30 AM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 12, 2014, 8:29 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2014, 11:30 AM PST (19:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2014, 8:29 PM PST
Expired
Feb 12, 2014, 8:39 AM PST
In force
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 19:33 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 South Fk Coquille River at Myrtle Point (MYPO3). The gauge peaked at 23.32 ft at Feb 13, 2014, 8:00 AM PST.

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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 Feb 11, 8:01 AM PST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 8:01 AM PST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 8:33 PM PSTGale WarningMFR31 hr
Feb 10, 8:33 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR43 hr
Feb 11, 3:51 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake35 hr
Feb 11, 3:51 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake35 hr
Feb 11, 9:53 AM PSTStorm WarningMFR18 hr
Feb 11, 11:30 AM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Oregon, 2014Every river flood watch in 2014

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.