Flood in Oregon, January 1, 2006

Name: Flood in Oregon, January 1, 2006
Start: 2006-01-01T00:00
End: 2006-01-01T04:00
Location: Oregon

January 1, 2006 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

12 feet at 31/0030 PST, and fell below flood stage at 01/1200 PST in January 2006. A Flood Warning was issued for the area at 27/0919 PST, and cancelled at 01/1400 PST in January 2006.

Where it happened

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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.

The South Fork of the Coquille River at Myrtle Point exceeded flood stage (38.0 feet) at 30/1745 PST, crested at 42.12 feet at 31/0030 PST, and fell below flood stage at 01/1200 PST in January 2006. A Flood Warning was issued for the area at 27/0919 PST, and cancelled at 01/1400 PST in January 2006.

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 31, 2:26 PM PST, 9 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 2:26 PM PST, 9 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
226 PM PST SAT DEC 31 2005

.DISCUSSION...A FAST MOVING SURFACE LOW AND UPPER SHORTWAVE HAS
MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST OREGON TODAY AND IS
NOW LOCATED IN EASTERN OREGON. THIS LOW HAS BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE
AREA WITH GUSTY WINDS IN MODERATE SHOWERS AND SQUALLS.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT. COLD AIR ADVECTION INTO THE AREA TONIGHT WILL ALLOW SNOW
LEVELS TO LOWER AREAWIDE. SNOW LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY BETWEEN 5000 AND
6500 FEET AREA WIDE...AND WILL LOWER TO 3500 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE NEXT SYSTEM IS A STRONG AND DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...IT WILL
MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
WINDS WILL BE STRONG OVER THE MARINE AND COASTAL WATERS AS WELL AS
INTO THE SHASTA VALLEY. A STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
MARINE WATERS... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL OREGON AND A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY FOR SUNDAY. WITH THE LOWERED SNOW
LEVELS....EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY FOR
PORTIONS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY WHERE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE
GREATEST. SINCE THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY THROUGH
THE AREA...MOVING ONSHORE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN EAST
OVERNIGHT...EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...
ESPECIALLY IN OREGON FOR INLAND AREAS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER
OFF TO SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. THEN AN UPPER SHORTWAVE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER THE AREA.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A SHORT BREAK IN THE ACTIVE
PATTERN AS A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA TUESDAY WITH ONLY WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THEN LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION AND
STRONG WINDS  TO THE AREA AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS SYSTEM IS FOLLOWED
BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF RIDGING BEFORE ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ARRIVES IN THE NORTHWEST AT THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN OREGON THIS
AFTERNOON BRINGING SHOWER WITH GUSTY WINDS AND WIDESPREAD
MVFR WITH ISOLATED IFR IN SNOW SHOWERS OR MODERATE RAINS
SHOWERS.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND OVER
THE WEST SIDE DURING THE EVENING AND AS THE LOW MOVES EAST...
BECOMING VFR WITH AREAS OF MVFR ON WEST SIDE AND IFR IN PATCHY FOG
OVER WEST SIDE VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THE NEXT
SYSTEM WITH ARRIVE AT THE COAST BRINGING A RETURN OF WIDESPREAD MVFR
CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA WITH AREAS OF IFR ON THE WEST SIDE IN HEAVY
TO MODERATE RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. STRONG WINDS AND LOW LEVEL WIND
SHEAR EXPECTED ON THE COAST SUNDAY MORNING.

WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FLORENCE TO CA
      BORDER 0-60 NM.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS
      EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FLORENCE TO CA
      BORDER 0-60 NM.
     STORM WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
      FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH FORK OF THE
      COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT
      COQUILLE.
     FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTH FORK OF THE COQUILLE RIVER
      AT MYRTLE POINT.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SPRAGUE RIVER AT
      BEATTY.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE UMPQUA RIVER AT ELKTON.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ROGUE RIVER FROM AGNESS
      TO GOLD BEACH.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ROGUE RIVER AT GOLD RAY.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ROGUE RIVER AT GRANTS
      PASS.
     HIGH WIND WARNING COASTAL ZONES 21-22 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
      THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
     HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR ZONES 21 AND 22 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
      THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS OR BORDER TO
      PT ST GEORGE CA 0-60 NM.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS
      EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CA
      0-60 NM.
     STORM WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR
      BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE CA 0-60 NM.
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE KLAMATH RIVER AT SEIAD
      VALLEY...
     FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SCOTT RIVER AT FORT
      JONES.
     HIGH WIND ADVISORY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY CA
       ZONE 81.
     SNOW ADVISORY THIS MORNING FOR CA ZONES 81 SUNDAY LATE
       MORNING THROUGH EVENING.
     WINTER STORM WARNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EVENING ZONES
      80...82 AND 83.

&&

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, South Central Oregon Coast

When: January 1, 12:00 AM PST to 4:00 AM PST
Where: South Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 45.467, -120.200

South Fork of the Coquille River at Myrtle Point.

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

Every storm in Oregon in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, January 2006

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: 5489356.