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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR

April 30, 2023Klamath County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2023, 7:44 AM PDT for Klamath County, Oregon. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2023, 7:44 AM PDT (14:44 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2023, 1:29 PM PDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Klamath County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 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 Sprague River near Beatty (BTYO3).

Action stage
7.5 ft
Minor stage
8.5 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11497500, 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 Apr 30, 3:03 AM PDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:03 AM PDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:06 PM PDTBeach Hazards StatementMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas28 hr
Apr 29, 11:11 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchMFRKlamath, Lake9 hr

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.