Flood, Central Douglas County
- When
- December 13, 9:35 PM PST to December 14, 5:18 AM PST
- Where
- Central Douglas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.235, -123.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Flood in Oregon, December 13 to 14, 2003
A Flood Warning was issued for Deer Creek near Roseburg, effective at the above listed times. 0 feet at 2100 PST, and fell back below flood stage at 2230 PST.
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 Flood Warning was issued for Deer Creek near Roseburg, effective at the above listed times. Deer Creek rose rapidly above flood stage (10.0 feet) at 1930 PST, crested at 12.0 feet at 2100 PST, and fell back below flood stage at 2230 PST. The flood warning was issued late, but a Small Stream Flood Warning was in effect at this time.
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 Dec 13, 8:30 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 8:30 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
830 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2003
.DISCUSSION...
LOOKING AT THE RAWS THE WINDS INDICATE THE COLD FRONT IS NEAR
BROOKINGS AND EXTENDS NORTHEAST TO NEAR CRATER LAKE. THIS PUTS IT
EAST OF ROSEBURG AND AZALEA WHERE SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FALLING
TEMPS AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD BE BRIEF AS THE
TEMPERATURE AT ROSEBURG IS WELL ABOVE FREEZING. WILL UPDATE ZONES
FOR LIGHT SNOW. HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED AT THE COAST SINCE THE
FRONT HAS GONE THROUGH. WIND ADVISORIES THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR MOST
OF THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR THE
SHASTA VALLEY. THE WIND DID GUST TO 29KT AT MFR BUT THAT WAS OVER 2
HOURS AGO. IVA GUSTED TO 40 AT 6PM BUT HAVE DECREASED SINCE THEN.
THE RAWS SITES EAST OF THE CASCADES HAVE NOT REACHED ADVISORY
CRITERIA EXCEPT FOR THE REMOTE HART MOUNTAIN LOCATION. A NUMBER OF
SMALL CREEKS HAVE OVERFLOWED BUT OTHERS APPEAR TO BE PEAKING BELOW
FLOOD STAGE. RAINFALL RATES ARE TAPERING OFF SO MORE FLOODING ON
CREEKS WILL BE LIMITED.
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FLORENCE TO OR/CA BORDER.
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE AT MYRTLE POINT.
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH FORK COQUILLE AT MYRTLE POINT.
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ROGUE RIVER FROM AGNESS TO GOLD BEACH.
SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ORZ027-ORZ028-ORZ030.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY SUNDAY ORZ021-022
CA...SCA...OR/CA BORDER TO POINT ST. GEORGE CA.
WIND ADVISORY EVENING FOR SHASTA VALLEY OF CAZ081.
WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT 080-082.
SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT CAZ083-084.
&&
MOHazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 6:30 AM PST, 15 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2003 CAZ081-ORZ021-022-131430- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY COAST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COASTAL HEADLANDS AND SHASTA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEE PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ080-083-ORZ027-131430- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ADVISORY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEE PDXWSWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-131430- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEE PDXNPWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ082-084-ORZ023>026-028-029-PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-131430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HESS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 13, 7:07 PM PST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
707 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2003
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM MYRTLE PT OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO50 REPORTED 1.85
INCHES RAIN PAST 251/2 HRS
ENDING AT 8 AM. ALSO 0.80
INCHES PAST 51/2 HRS
ENDING AT 130 PM.
0200 PM LANGLOIS OR
12/13/03 CURRY SPOTTER CU44 REPORTED 1.04
INCHES RAIN PAST 3 HRS
ENDING AT 2 PM.
0230 PM BRIDGE OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO36 REPORTED 1
INCH RAIN PAST 51/2 HRS
ENDING AT 230 PM.
0300 PM KERBY OR
12/13/03 JOSEPHINE SPOTTER JO86 3 MILES S AT
KERBY REPORTED 2.63 INCHES
RAIN PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT
3PM.
0300 PM BANDON OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO80 3 MILES SOUTH
REPORTED 5.05 INCHES RAIN
PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 3
PM. ALSO 1.35 INCHES RAIN
PAST 21/2 HRS ENDING AT 3
PM.
0300 PM WINCHESTER BAY OR
12/13/03 DOUGLAS SPOTTER DO61 REPORTED 1.40
INCHES RAIN PAST 6 HRS
ENDING AT 3 PM.
0300 PM BANDON OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO41 REPORTED 2.35
INCHES RAIN PAST 8 HRS
ENDING AT 3 PM.
0300 PM COQUILLE OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO14 REPORTED 3.88
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HRS
ENDING AT 7AM SAT. ALSO
2.13 INCHES RAIN PAST
10HRS ENDING AT 5 PM.
0330 PM NORTH BEND OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CU05 WHICH IS 3
MILES NORTH REPORTED 2.30
INCHES OF RAIN PAST 24 HRS
ENDING AT 330 PM.
0400 PM NORTH BEND OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO93 REPORTED 1.10
INCHES RAIN PAST 6HRS
ENDING AT 4 PM.
0400 PM SCOTTSBURG OR
12/13/03 DOUGLAS SPOTTER DO23 REPORTED 4.00
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HRS
ENDING AT 4 PM.
0400 PM PORT ORFORD OR FLOODING
12/13/03 CURRY COOP OBSR 5 MILES E ON THE
ELK RIVER REPORTED THE
RIVER IS ABOVE THE GAGE
AND ESTIMATES 14.0 TO 14.5
FEET. 3.40 INCHES RAIN
PAST 6 HRS ENDING 4 PM.
0400 PM COOS BAY OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO33 REPORTED 3.62
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4 PM.
0500 PM BROOKINGS OR NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/03 CURRY SPOTTER CU31 REPORTED
SOUTH WIND 40-50 GUSTS TO
61 MPH. SPOTTER HAS WIND
EQUIPMENT.
0500 PM SITKUM OR
12/13/03 COOS SPOTTER CO58 REPORTED 4.55
INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HRS
ENDING AT 5 PM.
0600 PM LANGLOIS OR
12/13/03 CURRY SPOTTER CU04 REPORTED 6.66
INCHES PAST 24 HRS ENDING
AT 6PM. ALSO REPORTED 5.55
INCHES PAST 18 HRS ENDING
AT 6 PM.
0700 PM PISTOL RIVER OR FLOODING
12/13/03 CURRY PISTOL RIVER IS HIGHER.
SOME LIVE STOCK HAS BEEN
LOST AND SOME LIVE STOCK
IS STRANDED ON HIGHER
GROUND IN THE FLOOD
WATERS.
0700 PM ROSEBURG OR
12/13/03 DOUGLAS SPOTTER DO20 REPORTED 1.64
INCHES RAIN PAST 12 HRS
ENDING AT 7PM.Local storm report, Dec 13, 7:25 PM PST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
725 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2003
THIS COLLECTION OF REPORTS WERE RELAYED TO WFO MEDFORD OREGON
BY THE JOSEPHINE COUNTY 911 CENTER. THEY OCCURRED BETWEEN
130 PM AND 300 PM PST.
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM KERBY OR NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/03 JOSEPHINE JOSEPHINE COUNTY 911
REPORTED AT MP 26 ON HWY
199 POWER LINES DOWN ON
ROAD WAY DUE TO WIND.
0200 PM MURPHY OR NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/03 JOSEPHINE JOSEPHINE COUNTY 911
REPORTED TREE DOWN IN THE
POWER LINES ON NEW HOPE
RD. WIND 35 TO 40 MPH.
0200 PM KERBY OR NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/03 JOSEPHINE HWY 199 MP26 NEAR
APPLEGATE RIVER. JOSEPHINE
COUNTY 911 REPORTED POWER
LINES DOWN WITH A
RESULTING FIRE.
0200 PM GRANTS PASS OR NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/03 JOSEPHINE JOSEPHINE COUNTY 911
REPORTED MANY POWER
OUTAGES MAINLY SOUTH SIDE
DUE TO WIND AND RAIN.
0200 PM GRANTS PASS OR NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/03 JOSEPHINE JOSEPHINE COUNTY 911
REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON A
HOUSE IN SW GRANTS PASS.
DUE TO WIND AND RAIN.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Avalanche in Washington, December 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 13, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 13 to 14, 2003
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 13, 2003
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 13, 2003
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 13, 2003
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 13, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 13 to 15, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 13 to 14, 2003
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 13, 2003
- Winter Weather in Indiana, December 13 to 14, 2003
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 13 to 14, 2003
More
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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: 5328529.