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WGUS86 KMFR 161249
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
549 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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...
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.
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 600 PM PDT.
ORC019-170100-
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/ECDO3.1.ER.250316T1931Z.250317T0000Z.250317T0330Z.NO/
549 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LANDS AND
STRUCTURES AT THIS STAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 17.7 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING, LOWERING DOWN TO 4.0 FEET BY
LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- 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
BR-Y
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