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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Medford, OR

November 19, 2017Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood watch at Nov 19, 2017, 2:35 PM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 20, 2017, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 19, 2017, 2:35 PM PST (22:35 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 20, 2017, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Nov 20, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
In force: 18 hr
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 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Nov 19, 12:05 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 12:05 PM PST, 2 hours 30 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
Nov 18, 10:09 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	MFR	Coos, Douglas	9 hr
Nov 19, 7:28 AM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	MFR	Jackson	3 hr
Nov 19, 9:21 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	MFR	Coos, Douglas	39 min

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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.