Alert archive / Oregon / River Flood Watches in 2017
River Flood Watch 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Jan 17, 2017, 12:46 PM PST for Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2017, 12:46 PM PST (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2017, 9:39 PM PST
- In force
- 33 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 20:50 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 19.33 ft at Jan 19, 2017, 8:00 AM PST.
- 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 Jan 17, 9:04 AM PST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 9:04 AM PST, 3 hours 42 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 16, 4:52 PM PST | Storm Warning | MFR | 44 hr | |
| Jan 16, 7:18 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 48 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:31 AM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 48 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 9 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 43 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 45 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 53 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:46 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 33 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Oregon, 2017Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.