Flash Flood, Douglas
- When
- July 11, 3:19 PM PST
- Where
- Douglas County, Toketee Falls
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.285, -123.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Flash Flood in Oregon, July 11, 2001
A Flash Flood Warning was issued for East Central Douglas county for the period listed above, based on radar data. The Boulder Creek area was of special concern.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Flash Flood Warning was issued for East Central Douglas county for the period listed above, based on radar data. The Boulder Creek area was of special concern. The US Forest Service later reported some flooding across USFS roads in the Calf Creek and Copeland Creek drainages as well as some mudslides. The largest problem was a 2 inch accumulation of .25 to .50 inch hail on State Highway 138 which caused the roadway to be slick along with near zero visibilities.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 11, 2:23 PM PST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:23 PM PST, 56 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2001 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL LOW ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND ITS ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT HELPFUL TO KEEP CONVECTION GOING WELL AFTER SUNSET. ACTIVITY IS MAINLY ACROSS SISKIYOU...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND AREA EAST OF THE CASCADES. EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL HAVE THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY BEYOND SUNSET. ON THURSDAY THE AIR MASS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS MOIST. FORECAST OF THETA-E RIDGE AND LIFTED INDEX SUPPORTS FORECAST OF MAINLY EAST SIDE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS FLOW ALOFT ON THE WEST SIDE SHIFTS MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT GRADUAL COOLING FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH UNSTABLE AFTERNOON AIRMASS SHIFTING A LITTLE FURTHER EAST EACH DAY. BY SUNDAY EXPECT FLOW ALOFT TO BECOME WESTERLY AS A STRONGER REINFORCING TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA. THIS WILL LEAD TO COOLING AND STABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS...ALSO COOL AND MAINLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AT THE COAST. MRF LOOKS OVERDONE IN THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THIS TROUGH. LATEST AVN RUN ALREADY HAS BACKED OFF ON LOWERING 500 MB HEIGHTS. STILL EXPECT AT LEAST PARTIAL CLOUD COVER INLAND. WILL RAISE TEMPS SLIGHTLY FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AND TAKE OUT MENTIONS OF SHOWERS. WEYGAND .MFR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE OR TO POINT ST GEORGE CA. OTH BB 051/064 050/063 050 162110 4BK BB 051/064 050/065 050 162110 RBG BB 057/082 056/081 055 164220 MFR BB 057/090 055/087 055 165220 LMT BB 048/082 047/081 047 166332 LKV BB 049/083 049/082 049 166332 MHS BB 051/081 050/083 050 165220
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 2:12 PM PST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
212 PM PST WED JUL 11 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0209 PM KENO OR .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL04 REPORTS DIME
SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 11, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Colorado, July 11, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
- Wildfire in California, July 11 to 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 11, 2001
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 2001
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: 5256673.