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Flood Watch 1, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this flood watch at Jan 6, 2017, 4:02 PM PST for 6 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jan 8, 2017, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2017, 4:02 PM PST (00:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2017, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2017, 9:15 PM PST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Modoc County, CA, 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 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 Jan 6, 3:25 PM PST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:25 PM PST, 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:39 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 47 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:39 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 47 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:39 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 47 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:05 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 28 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Oregon, 2017Flood Watches in California, 2017Every flood watch in 2017
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.