A weekend of heavy rain led to flooding on the Coquille River at Coquille.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A weekend of heavy rain led to flooding on the Coquille River at Coquille.
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 20, 8:03 AM PST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
803 AM PST Sun Jan 20 2019
.DISCUSSION...20/12Z NAM in. 20/12Z GFS in through 84hr.
The cold front that stalled over the area is now on the move
again, and it has just crossed the Cascade crest to the east side.
The upper trough pushing it is still offshore with an occluded low
now spinning near 42N 133W. This low is fully wrapped, the front
that is currently over the area constitutes the third wraparound
of this low.
The long wave upper trough will move onshore this evening and
clear out to the east of the CWA tonight. A strong ridge will then
build in from the west. Showers will persist into Monday as the
second and first wraparounds and the low itself moves through the
area. Might see some thunderstorms offshore and along the coast as
well. Snow levels are dropping fast behind the front and continue
to do so...down to around 3000 feet Monday morning. A Winter
Weather Advisory is in effect for portions of the Cascades and
Siskiyous through tonight. See PDXWSWMFR for details.
Urban/Small stream flood advisories have been dropped, but some
main stem rivers are still rising. The river flood warning for
the Rogue River at Agness and the river flood watch for the
Coquille River at Coquille remain in effect. See PDXFFAMFR and
PDXFLWMFR for details.
The last threat associated with this system is strong winds. They
have diminished in the Cascades but strong gusts persist east of
the Cascades. Those will diminish later this morning. See
PDXNPWMFR for details.
Showers will end Monday as the ridge builds in more strongly. A
warm front will move through Tuesday. The associated precipitation
will be light and the bulk of it will fall over the Umpqua Basin.
The trailing cold front will move onshore Wednesday and the
precipitation associated with it will also be light and mostly
limited to the coast, Coast Range, and Umpqua Basin.
After that, the ridge will settle over the area. Thursday through
Sunday will be dry with lots of late night into morning low clouds
and fog over the valleys. Air stagnation may become an issue at
that time.
&&
.AVIATION...For the 20/12Z TAFs...MVFR with local IFR ceilings are
expected along a frontal boundary this morning for inland westside
locations. The front will push east during the morning and there is
a chance for ceilings to improve to VFR for a brief time, but
confidence is not high enough to show improving conditions in the
TAF at Medford. Post frontal showers behind the front could bring
MVFR and local IFR ceilings to locations along and west of the
Cascades from mid to late morning through this afternoon.
Gusty winds could develop in the Shasta Valley and over the east
side for a few hours in advance of the front. There could also be
isolated thunderstorms over the coastal waters and immediate coast
as the upper trough moves onshore this afternoon into this evening.
Conditions are expected to remain unstable enough tonight to prevent
IFR/LIFR ceilings and visibility from developing, but it could
materialize if there's enough clearing. Right now, there is not
enough confidence there will be sufficient clearing, so kept the
lower conditions out of the TAF's. Later shifts will need to take
another look at this. -Petrucelli
&&
.MARINE...Updated 800 AM PST Sunday 20 January 2019...Seas will
lower some today, but due to a combination of a northwest and
southwest swell, they are expected to remain small craft into Monday
afternoon. Therefore, the end time of the small craft advisory for
seas has been extended until 4 pm pst Monday. Please see MWWMFR for
more details.
Low pressure will move into the waters tonight, then south of the
waters Monday. North winds will increase some, but they should
remain below small craft. However as previously mentioned, the
combination of northwest and southwest swell will be enough to cause
small craft conditions for seas.
A warm front will move north of the waters Tuesday bringing
increasing south winds mainly over the northern outer waters, but
they should remain below small craft. Elsewhere, calmer conditions
are expected. There's good agreement a west swell will increase
Wednesday afternoon, but right now they are only projected to be
between 9-10 feet. Meanwhile, high pressure will remain over the
waters Wednesday through the end of next week. -Petrucelli
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...Wind Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning for ORZ030-031.
Winter Weather Advisory until 4 AM PST Monday above 4000 feet in
the for ORZ025-027-028.
CA...Winter Weather Advisory until 4 AM PST Monday above 4000 feet in
the for CAZ080>083.
Wind Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning for CAZ081.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas until
4 PM PST Monday for PZZ350-356-370-376.
15/15/20PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
843 AM PST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM FLOOD GRANTS PASS 42.44N 123.32W
01/19/2019 JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
MINOR STREET FLOODING AND OVERFLOWING
DITCHES.
&&
BPNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
935 AM PST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSE PISTOL RIVER 42.26N 124.39W
01/20/2019 M2.50 INCH CURRY OR TRAINED SPOTTER
8AM-8AM.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
936 AM PST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0934 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 N PROVOLT 42.32N 123.23W
01/20/2019 M2.68 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 20/0830 PST. 4.23
INCHES WAS THE 48 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT
20/0830 PST.
&&
JRSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
937 AM PST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0936 AM HEAVY RAIN 10 NNW GOLD HILL 42.57N 123.09W
01/20/2019 M2.75 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SBNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1054 AM PST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1053 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ENE MURPHY 42.36N 123.29W
01/20/2019 M2.26 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
24 TOTAL ENDING AT 20/1000 PST.
&&
JRSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1102 AM PST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE JACKSONVILLE 42.30N 122.92W
01/20/2019 M1.25 INCH JACKSON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE 4 PM SATURDAY.
&&
SBNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded minor flood stage (21.0 feet) at 20/1200 PST. It exceeded moderate flood stage (23.0) feet at 21/1300 PST and dropped below moderate flood stage at 21/1430 PST. The river dropped below minor flood stagat at 22/1515 PST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 2019
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: 793482.