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Flood Watch 1, NWS Medford, OR

February 3, 20156 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this flood watch at Feb 3, 2015, 11:25 PM PST for 6 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 5, 2015, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2015, 11:25 PM PST (07:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2015, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 6, 2015, 9:46 AM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Feb 3, 3:59 PM PST, 7 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:59 PM PST, 7 hours 26 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
Feb 4, 1:47 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	44 hr
Feb 4, 1:47 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	44 hr
Feb 4, 2:44 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	72 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Oregon, 2015 Flood Watches in California, 2015 Every flood watch in 2015

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.