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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

January 4, 2022Coos County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood warning at Jan 4, 2022, 8:11 AM PST for Coos County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 4, 2022, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2022, 8:11 AM PST (16:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2022, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 8, 2022, 7:40 PM PST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Coos County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coquille River at Coquille (COQO3).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14327055, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jan 4, 4:24 AM PST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 4:24 AM PST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 4, 5:25 AM PST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 4, 7:36 AM PST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
736 AM PST TUE JAN 4 2022

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

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BROOKINGS               42.06N 124.29W
01/04/2022  M0.75 INCH       CURRY              OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOURS ENDING AT 7 AM PST.

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Local storm report, Jan 4, 7:38 AM PST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
738 AM PST TUE JAN 4 2022

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

0700 AM     HEAVY SNOW       1 W CRESCENT            43.46N 121.71W
01/04/2022  M17.2 INCH       KLAMATH            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM PST. SNOW WATER
            EQUIVALENT OF 1.19 INCHES AND 28 INCHES OF
            SNOW DEPTH AT 7 AM PST.

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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 3, 4:45 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	MFR	Coos, Douglas	11 hr
Jan 3, 5:22 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Douglas	12 hr
Jan 3, 5:25 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	25 hr
Jan 4, 5:37 AM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	3 hr
Jan 4, 2:35 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		52 hr
Jan 4, 2:35 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Watch	MFR		12 hr

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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.