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WGUS66 KMFR 152325  
FFAMFR  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
425 PM PDT SAT MAR 15 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN AFFECTING CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY ZONE.  
 
FOR THE ELK CREEK - DOUGLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING DRAIN...FLOODING IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.  
 
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR  
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.  
 
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,  
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY MORNING AT 600 AM PDT.  
 
 
 
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425 PM PDT SAT MAR 15 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, AT THIS STAGE LOW LAND FLOODING BEGINS.  
AT 16.5 FEET, HOMES IN THE CITY OF DRAIN BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
AT 18.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LANDS AND STRUCTURES AT  
THIS STAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:15 PM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED SUNDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4366 12336 4367 12331 4361 12327 4361 12329  
4364 12331  
 
 
 
MAS  
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