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WGUS46 KMFR 160542
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1042 PM PDT SAT MAR 15 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE ELK CREEK - DOUGLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING DRAIN...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
ORC019-161300-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FL.W.0010.250317T0000Z-250317T2100Z/
/ECDO3.1.ER.250317T0148Z.250317T0600Z.250317T0905Z.NO/
1042 PM PDT SAT MAR 15 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...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 10:15 PM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY
EVENING, THEN PEAK NEAR 17.5 FEET LATE SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE
FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.8 FEET ON 02/16/1958.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4366 12336 4367 12331 4361 12327 4361 12329
4364 12331
MAS
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