A Flood Warning was issued for the Coquille River at Coquille at 11/1717 PST and cancelled at 13/0346 PST. Lead time on the warning was -1:02 hours.
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A Flood Warning was issued for the Coquille River at Coquille at 11/1717 PST and cancelled at 13/0346 PST. Lead time on the warning was -1:02 hours.
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 Jan 11, 1:50 PM PST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
150 PM PST WED JAN 11 2006
.DISCUSSION...
THE COLD POOL OF AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE LIGHT
SHOWERS THIS EVENING. TONIGHT STRONG WARMING ALOFT OCCURS AS THE
WARM FRONT APPROACHES. THE CIRRUS SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM
FRONT WILL THICKEN WITH SKIES OVERCAST ACROSS OUR AREA BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING RAINS WILL START AT THE COAST. NEITHER
THE GFS OR ETA SHOW QPF COMPARABLE TO TUESDAYS RAINFALL. THOSE
MODELS AND THE ECMWF INDICATE A SPLITTING SYSTEM WITH A LOW
FORMING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH THAT MOVES INTO CENTRAL OR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO FURTHER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
WINDS INCREASE AT THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING BUT APPEAR SOMEWHAT
MARGINAL FOR A HIGH WIND EVENT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS BUT GUST CRITERIA
COULD BE MET. THE EVENT WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO THE SPLITTING OF THE
SYSTEM. THE SHASTA VALLEY WILL BECOME WINDY FRIDAY WITH 70 KNOT
700MB WIND FROM THE SOUTH BUT THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS
WEAK...4MB OR LESS BETWEEN MFR AND RDD. ALSO MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION FOLLOWS THE DEVELOPING LOW INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AT
THAT TIME.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 5000 FEET BUT LOWER TO 3000 FEET AS
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THE UPPER TROUGH
AXIS REACHES THE COAST.
A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
SUNDAY LOOKS MOSTLY DRY AS THE RIDGE REBUILDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT
WARM FRONT MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TUESDAY TAPERING TO
SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...NUMEROUS LIGHT SHOWERS WITH AREAS OF MOUNTAINS OBSCURED
AND OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE COLD POOL BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY
FLORENCE TO CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
HIGH WIND WARNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT COAST
ZONES 21 AND 22.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY
OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM.
&&
MO
ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORDHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 204 PM PST WED JAN 11 2006 ORZ021-022-121400- CURRY COUNTY COAST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 204 PM PST WED JAN 11 2006 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM FRIDAY. SEE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. GLASER
The 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 (21.0 feet) during this interval. It crested at 21.68 feet at 2045 and 2245 PST on 1/11/06.
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