A Flood Warning was issued for the South Fork of the Coquille River at Myrtle Point for the above dates and times. This warning did not verify as the river approached, but did not exceed flood stage.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Flood Warning was issued for the South Fork of the Coquille River at Myrtle Point for the above dates and times. This warning did not verify as the river approached, but did not exceed flood stage.
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 Dec 14, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PST SAT DEC 14 2002
VERY STRONG STORM FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME. WINDS
GUSTING TO 50 MPH OR MORE EAST OF THE CASCADES. THIS WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING. THUS WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH WIND
WARNING ACROSS THE EASTSIDE THROUGH 7PM. PRECIP CONTINUING ON THE
HEAVY SIDE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND WITH THE
FREEZING LEVEL COMING DOWN FEEL THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT
WILL VERIFY. THE NEXT POWERFUL STORM TO APPROACH THE COAST SUNDAY SO
WILL LEAVE THE HIGH WIND WARNING UP. HEADLANDS WILL EXPERIENCE HIGH
WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE ENTIRE COAST IN HIGH WIND
CRITERIA SUNDAY. RIVERS ON THE RISE...ESPECIALLY THE COQUILLE BUT THE
STRONGEST PRECIP IS OVER. NEXT GOOD SURGE OF MOISTURE NOT EXPECTED
UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SO STREAMS SHOULD STAY WITHIN THEIR
BANKS FOR THE SHORT TERM.
GETTMAN
.MFR...STORM WARNING SUNDAY FLORENCE OR TO PT ST GEORGE CA.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH MONDAY ORZ021-022
HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ORZ021-022
HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 7PM ORZ029>031 CAZ084-085
WIND STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FT TONIGHT CAZ080-082ORZ021>031-CAZ080>085-151430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST SAT DEC 14 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING S OREGON COAST...KLAMATH AND LAKE...EASTERN SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTY AND SHASTA VALLEY...SEE PDXNPWMFR. WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY...SEE PDXNPWMFR. GALE WARNING FLORENCE OR TO PT ST GEORGE CA...SEE PDXCWFMFR. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH OREGON COAST...SEE PDXMWSMFR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
See below.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2002
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: 5326152.