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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Medford, OR

February 7, 2017Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood watch at Feb 7, 2017, 8:37 AM PST for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Feb 9, 2017, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2017, 8:37 AM PST (16:37 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 9, 2017, 2:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 8, 2017, 2:11 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity: None

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Scott River near Fort Jones (FTJC1). The gauge peaked at 15.98 ft at Feb 9, 2017, 2:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11519500, 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 Feb 7, 4:13 AM PST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 4:13 AM PST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 7:26 AM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 7:31 AM PST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
731 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0727 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SSW OBRIEN            42.05N 123.71W
02/07/2017  U1.66 INCH       JOSEPHINE          OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.66 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. SPOTTER ALSO
            REPORTED NORMAL OCT 1- SEP 30 TOTAL IS 72
            INCHES... SPOTTER HIT 72 INCHES LAST NIGHT.

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NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Feb 7, 7:32 AM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
732 AM PST TUE FEB 7 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0731 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SELMA                   42.28N 123.62W
02/07/2017  M1.05 INCH       JOSEPHINE          OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER HIT 60 INCHES, WHICH IS THE NORMAL
            YEARLY TOTAL (OCT 1 - SEPT 30) .

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NWS MEDFORD OR
IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 7, 3:18 AM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake	12 hr
Feb 7, 3:18 AM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Klamath, Lake	18 hr
Feb 7, 4:20 AM PST	Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	62 hr
Feb 7, 8:37 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Klamath, Lake	30 hr
Feb 7, 3:07 PM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		43 hr
Feb 7, 3:07 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		25 hr
Feb 7, 3:07 PM PST	Storm Watch	MFR		12 hr
Feb 7, 3:18 PM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath	12 hr
Feb 7, 3:18 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	51 hr
Feb 7, 3:18 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Klamath, Lake	6 hr
Feb 7, 3:18 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	51 hr
Feb 6, 7:04 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Modoc	2 hr
Feb 6, 9:11 PM PST	River Flood Warning	MFR	Modoc	6 days
Feb 7, 8:37 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Siskiyou	30 hr

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.