Flood, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- January 23, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
The Rogue River gage at Agness recorded 17.2 feet...flood stage 17.0 feet.
Flood in Oregon, January 23, 1999
A wet storm caused flooding on two rivers in Coos county in Southern Oregon. The Rogue River flooded briefly at Agness.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A wet storm caused flooding on two rivers in Coos county in Southern Oregon. The Rogue River flooded briefly at Agness. The Coquille river flooded from Myrtle Point down to Bandon and that event was longer lived. The stage readings for the Coquille follow: 01/22 01/23 01/24 01/25 Flood Coquille River at Coquille 21.27 at 01:45 21.9 at 01:00 22.1 at 04:45 20.8 at 04:45 21.0 21.80 at 07:45 22.2 at 13:45 21.7 at 18:45 22.00 at 15:45 22.2 at 19:45 21.90 at 20:45
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 23, 1999
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 23, 1999
- Flood in Kentucky, January 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 23 to 28, 1999
- Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 23, 1999
- Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, January 23, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, January 23, 1999
- Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 23 to 24, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5679464.