A Flood Warning was issued for the Coquille River at Coquille at 09/0950 PST and expired at 11/0947.
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A Flood Warning was issued for the Coquille River at Coquille at 09/0950 PST and expired at 11/0947.
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 9, 8:00 PM PST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
800 PM PST THU DEC 9 2004
.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN NICELY OVER FORECAST AREA THIS
EVENING. RAIN HAS ENDED IN MOST AREAS WITH JUST SOME AREAS OF
LIGHT RAIN NEAR THE COAST. THE SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER IS
CURRENTLY CRESTING AND THE MAIN STEM COQUILLE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
CREST ON FRIDAY...WILL UPDATE FLOOD WARNING BY 900 PM PST
(PDXFLSMFR). WILL ALLOW THE HEAVY SURF ADVISORY TO EXPIRE.
LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS WARM AND CLOUDY
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SOME AREAS OF FOG AS WELL. NEXT SYSTEM
STARTS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE FRIDAY...BUT STALLS UP AS IT TRIES
TO MOVE INTO THE STRONG WEST COAST RIDGE. IT FINALLY GETS KICKED INTO
THE MAIN FLOW ON SUNDAY AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES AND
IMPACTS SOUTHERN OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. NOT NEARLY AS
MUCH RAIN IS EXPECTED OUT OF THESE SYSTEMS AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE
LAST FEW DAYS.
LUDWIG
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.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING...........FLORENCE OR TO CAPE BLANCO 20-60NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FLORENCE OR TO CAPE BLANCO TO 20NM.
CAPE BLANCO OR TO CA/OR BORDER.
FLOOD WARNING..........SOUTH FORK COQUILLE AT MYRTLE POINT.
COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.
FLOOD WATCH............NORTH FORK OF COQUILLE NR MYRTLE POINT.
ROGUE RIVER NEAR AGNESS.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CA.
&&
ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORDHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 545 AM PST THU DEC 9 2004 ORZ021-022-023-101345- CURRY COUNTY COAST-COOS COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 545 AM PST THU DEC 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AND THE LOWER ROGUE RIVER REMAINS IN EFFECT. REFER TO PDXFFAMFR FOR DETAILS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. REFER TO PDXCFWMFR FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER. SEE PDXFFAMFR FOR DETAILS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH 2AM FRIDAY. REFER TO PDXCFWMFR FOR DETAILS. .INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOTTERS... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. JACOBS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1116 PM PST THU DEC 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM HEAVY RAIN N LANGLOIS 42.93N 124.45W
12/09/2004 3.41 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 5 PM PST.
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JACOBSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded flood stage during this time interval. The flood crest was 22.0 feet at 11/1115 PST.
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