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WGUS46 KMFR 170717
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1217 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING ELKTON...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 1230 PM PDT.
ORC019-171930-
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1217 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 40.0 FEET, HOMES AND BUSINESSES ALONG AND NEAR THE
UMPQUA RIVER NEAR SCOTTSBURG BEGIN TO FLOOD. WIDESPREAD LOW-LAND
AND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM KELLOG THROUGH
ELKTON TO SCOTTSBURG.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:15 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 38.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:15 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 38.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 41.0 FEET EARLY THIS
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING,
LOWERING DOWN TO 12.5 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
40.1 FEET ON 11/23/1961.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
UMPQUA RIVER
ELKTON 33.0 38.0 SUN 11 PM PD 30.3 20.0 15.1
LAT...LON 4371 12376 4367 12348 4328 12341 4327 12347
4338 12362
BR-Y
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