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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Medford, OR

January 17, 2017Curry County, Josephine County, Oregon

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.

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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 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 4:52 PM PSTStorm WarningMFR44 hr
Jan 16, 7:18 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas48 hr
Jan 17, 2:31 AM PSTFlood WatchMFRCurry, Josephine48 hr
Jan 17, 3:27 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR9 hr
Jan 17, 3:27 AM PSTHazardous Seas WarningMFR43 hr
Jan 17, 3:35 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath45 hr
Jan 17, 3:35 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake53 hr
Jan 17, 12:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas33 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.