Flash Flood, Coos
- When
- February 16, 10:38 AM PST to February 17, 10:28 AM PST
- Where
- Coos County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.185, -124.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Flash Flooding in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 2004
An Urban and Small Stream Flood Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022/024 effective at the above listed times. No verifying reports were received, but heavy rains did occur and small streams were running high.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
An Urban and Small Stream Flood Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ021/022/024 effective at the above listed times. No verifying reports were received, but heavy rains did occur and small streams were running high.
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 Feb 16, 8:45 AM PST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 8:45 AM PST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
845 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004
.DISCUSSION...
HAVE UPDATED TO CANCEL THE HIGH WIND WARNING AT THE COAST BUT ALSO
EXTEND HIGH WINDS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY
MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TODAY BUT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS SISKIYOU COUNTY EARLY THIS
EVENING WITH WINDS INTENSIFYING AGAIN IN THE SHASTA VALLEY.
WILL SEE OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY CALIFORNIA IN FAVORED UPSLOPE FLOW AND ALSO
INTO CURRY COUNTY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS WAVES MOVE
ALONG THE FRONT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OF
THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON PULLING THE FRONT BACK THROUGH THE
REGION WITH PRECIPIATION DIMINISHING BY LATE TUESDAY. HEAVIEST RAIN
IN OUR REGION IS EXPECTED FOR CURRY...JOSEPHINE AND WESTERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY.
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY LIKELY POPS WITH ANOTHER SURFACE LOW
DEVELOPING OFFSHORE CENTRAL CALIF NEAR THE UPPER TROUGH ALONG 130W
WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN MOVING TOWARD CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THE TROUGH
WILL MOVE INLAND DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH RAIN TAPERING TO
SHOWERS. THE SNOW LEVEL IS FORECAST TO COME DOWN BELOW 6000 FEET
WEDNESDAY AND BELOW 5000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT PRECIPITATION WILL
DIMINISH QUICKLY.
IT LOOKS TO BE DRY THURSDAY WITH AN UPPER RIDGE BRIEFLY BUILDING
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ANOTHER WEAK UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING
THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY WITH CHANCE POPS BY
SATURDAY CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST AND WEST
SIDE. DW
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...GALE WARNING FLORENCE, OR TO CA BORDER.
CA...GALE WARNING OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE, CA.
HIGH WIND WARNING CAZ081 TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 6:03 AM PST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-171430- 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- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING FLORENCE OREGON TO CALIFORNIA BORDER AND OREGON BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CALIFORNIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ021-022-171430- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING CURRY COUNTY COAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ081-171430- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY WIND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-082>085-ORZ023>031-171430- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- MODOC COUNTY-NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 603 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ORR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 16, 9:19 AM PST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
919 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 E COOS BAY 43.38N 124.15W
02/16/2004 1.21 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
SOUTH FORK COOS RIVER NEAR DELLWOOD. RAIN AMOUNT IS FOR 2
HRS FROM 7AM TO 9AM.
&&
RGLocal storm report, Feb 16, 9:40 AM PST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
940 AM PST MON FEB 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E NORTH BEND 43.41N 124.22W
02/16/2004 0.00 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
EAST SIDE OF BAY REPORTED 1.22 INCHES RAIN MIDNIGHT TO
830AM. TOTAL RAINFALL 1.46 INCHES 830PM SUNDAY TO 830AM
TODAY.
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 S COOS BAY 43.35N 124.23W
02/16/2004 0.00 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED 1.31 INCHES RAIN FROM 9PM SUNDAY TO 8AM TODAY.
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSE COOS BAY 43.34N 124.21W
02/16/2004 0.00 INCH COOS OR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED 1.31 INCHES RAIN PAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 8AM.
&&
RGThe radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:37 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Curry
- When
- February 16, 10:38 AM PST to February 17, 10:28 AM PST
- Where
- Curry County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Flash Flood, Josephine
- When
- February 16, 10:38 AM PST to February 17, 10:28 AM PST
- Where
- Josephine County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.366, -123.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
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
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 16, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 2004
- Dense Fog in Wyoming, February 16, 2004
- High Wind in California, February 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 2004
- High Wind in California, February 16 to 17, 2004
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 2004
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: 5384103, 5384104, 5384105.