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Flood Watch 3, NWS Medford, OR

January 17, 20196 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this flood watch at Jan 17, 2019, 11:16 PM PST for 6 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jan 18, 2019, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2019, 11:16 PM PST (07:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2019, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 20, 2019, 6:39 AM PST
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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 17, 7:43 PM PST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 7:43 PM PST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 17, 6:37 PM PST, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 17, 6:38 PM PST, 4 hours 38 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
Jan 17, 4:40 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Curry	35 min
Jan 17, 4:53 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFR	Curry, Josephine	22 min
Jan 18, 4:41 AM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	22 hr
Jan 18, 9:47 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine	38 days
Jan 18, 1:45 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR		20 hr
Jan 18, 1:45 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		3 days
Jan 18, 3:37 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Klamath	113 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Oregon, 2019 Flood Watches in California, 2019 Every flood watch in 2019

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.