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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

January 15, 2023Coos County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood warning at Jan 15, 2023, 12:50 PM PST for Coos County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 15, 2023, 5:30 PM PST. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2023, 12:50 PM PST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2023, 5:30 PM PST
Expired
Jan 18, 2023, 12:35 AM PST
In force
55 hr
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 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Coquille River at Coquille (COQO3). The gauge peaked at 23.07 ft at Jan 16, 2023, 5:00 PM PST.

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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 14, 2:56 PM PST, 21 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 2:56 PM PST, 21 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 2:02 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.