A Flash Flood Warning was issued for southwest and west central Jackson County (ORC029) at 12/1439 PDT, effective until 12/1615 PDT. It was cancelled at 12/1615 PDT.
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A Flash Flood Warning was issued for southwest and west central Jackson County (ORC029) at 12/1439 PDT, effective until 12/1615 PDT. It was cancelled at 12/1615 PDT. This warning was issued after a member of the public reported flooding of agricultural fields near the South Fork of jackson Creek south of Jacksonville. Some debris was scattered over roads and some erosion damage occurred, but no structures were involved and there were no deaths or injuries.
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 Jun 12, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT MON JUN 12 2006 .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOW AN ACTIVE CONVECTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY WEST OF THE CASCADES. CELLS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOVING NORTH WITH THE LARGE SCALE 850-700 MB FLOW. CONSEQUENTLY SOME AREAS ARE GETTING HIT WITH SUCCESSIVE LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS ARE NOT GETTING MUCH WEATHER. WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY...THE ROGUE VALLEY...AND EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE GETTING THE BULK OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS EVENING. THE ELONGATED TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO A CLOSED LOW NEAR WESTERN OREGON TUESDAY AND GRADUALLY MOVE EASTWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SHIFT THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER EAST SO THAT THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE CASCADES WILL BE LOWER TUESDAY...BUT THE CHANCES FOR PRECIP EAST OF THE DIVIDE WILL BE HIGHER. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS CONTINUES TUESDAY NIGHT BUT BY WEDNESDAY MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION AS A FLAT RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE PACIFIC. IN THE LONG TERM ZONAL WESTERLY FLOW WILL DOMINATE WITH PRIMARILY LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGHS OR RIDGES EXPECTED. IN THIS PATTERN...EXPECT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIP. && .AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS ALONG THE COAST. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS INLAND EXCEPT FOR LOCAL MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. CA...NONE. && FOURTEEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 900 AM PDT MON JUN 12 2006 ORZ025>031-130100- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 900 AM PDT MON JUN 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST IS PRODUCING A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. STAVISH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
309 PM PDT MON JUN 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0307 PM FLASH FLOOD JACKSONVILLE 42.31N 122.97W
06/12/2006 JACKSON OR PUBLIC
AT 250 PM PDT IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS FLOODING
ABOVE HIGHWAY 238 NEAR JACKSONVILLE.
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HESSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
313 PM PDT MON JUN 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0311 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SE RUCH 42.18N 122.98W
06/12/2006 E0.28 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
AT 0251 PDT RAIN FELL IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD FROM A
THUNDERSTORM. WIND GUSTS TO 21 MPH.
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HESSThe Medford radar (KMAX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:50 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported above Highway 238 near Jacksonville.
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