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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Medford, OR

December 17, 2015Coos County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood warning at Dec 17, 2015, 4:06 PM PST for Coos County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 18, 2015, 3:14 AM PST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2015, 4:06 PM PST (00:06 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2015, 3:14 AM PST
Expired: Dec 23, 2015, 4:41 PM PST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Coos County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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). The gauge peaked at 34.72 ft at Dec 18, 2015, 9:00 AM PST.

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 warning 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 warning went out at Dec 17, 3:54 PM PST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:54 PM PST, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 17, 3:54 PM PST, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 17, 3:56 PM PST, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 17, 3:59 PM PST, 7 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 18, 3:54 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		4 hr
Dec 18, 3:54 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		39 hr
Dec 18, 2:33 PM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		12 hr
Dec 18, 2:33 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		41 hr
Dec 17, 11:06 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	MFR	Siskiyou	17 hr
Dec 17, 11:06 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	17 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.