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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR

January 28, 2024Coos County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood warning at Jan 28, 2024, 4:15 AM PST for Coos County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 1:27 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2024, 4:15 AM PST (12:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2024, 1:27 PM PST
Expired: Jan 29, 2024, 1:35 PM PST
In force: 24 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 12:14 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 21.13 ft at Jan 28, 2024, 5:00 PM PST.

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 28, 3:31 AM PST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:31 AM PST, 44 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 27, 9:42 PM PST	River Flood Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	7 hr
Jan 28, 5:28 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	MFR	Curry, Jackson, Josephine	5 hr
Jan 28, 1:52 PM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more	30 hr
Jan 28, 2:09 PM PST	Gale Watch	MFR		24 hr
Jan 28, 2:09 PM PST	Storm Watch	MFR		24 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.