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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Medford, OR

December 19, 2015Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Dec 19, 2015, 1:00 PM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 22, 2015, 3:46 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2015, 1:00 PM PST (21:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2015, 3:46 AM PST
Expired
Dec 20, 2015, 9:14 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity
None

Counties Curry County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 Rogue River near Agness (AGNO3). The gauge peaked at 13.56 ft at Dec 18, 2015, 5:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14372300, 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 19, 8:56 AM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 8:56 AM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 2:31 AM PSTGale WarningMFR29 hr
Dec 19, 3:37 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more36 hr
Dec 19, 3:42 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas12 hr
Dec 19, 1:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas21 hr
Dec 19, 1:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Douglas25 hr
Dec 19, 1:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Douglas25 hr
Dec 19, 1:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas25 hr
Dec 19, 1:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas29 hr
Dec 19, 2:40 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR32 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Oregon, 2015Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.