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WGUS66 KMFR 152052
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
152 PM PDT SAT MAR 15 2025
.AN ACTIVE STORM TRACK WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST
EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION TODAY THROUGH
SATURDAY WILL CAUSE ONLY MINOR RISES. HOWEVER, A MOIST, ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WILL BRING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
DURING THIS TIME FRAME FOR THE COAST, COAST RANGES AND INTO WESTERN
SISKIYOU COUNTY WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE UMPQUA BASIN AND ROGUE
VALLEY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE THIS WEEKEND TO AROUND 5000 TO 5500
FEET BY SUNDAY AND THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SNOW MELT AND INCREASED
RUNOFF.
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WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY
COAST-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE
COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BANDON, HAPPY CAMP, SCOTTSBURG, SELMA,
OBRIEN, ROGUE RIVER, PROSPECT, BUTTE FALLS, WHITE CITY,
SUTHERLIN, CANYONVILLE, ROSEBURG, GOLD HILL, ASHLAND, REEDSPORT,
MERLIN, PISTOL RIVER, MYRTLE POINT, EAGLE POINT, MEDFORD, SHADY
COVE, APPLEGATE, TALENT, BROOKINGS, COOS BAY, PORT ORFORD,
COQUILLE, CAVE JUNCTION, CHARLESTON, GOLD BEACH, AND TILLER
152 PM PDT SAT MAR 15 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING OF STREAMS, CREEKS AND RIVERS, URBAN AREAS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE CAUSED BY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT
IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA, WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST OREGON, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY, CURRY COUNTY COAST,
EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
FOOTHILLS, JACKSON COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
SMITH
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