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WGUS46 KMFR 161252
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
552 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING ELKTON, REEDSPORT...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.
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 EVENING AT 600 PM PDT.
ORC019-170100-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FL.W.0012.250317T0522Z-250318T0441Z/
/EKTO3.1.ER.250317T0522Z.250317T1200Z.250317T1640Z.NO/
552 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 35.0 FEET, THE UMPQUA RIVER IS AT FLOOD STAGE. EXPECT
LOW-LAND AND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING FROM THE KELLOG AREA THROUGH
ELKTON TO SCOTTSBURG.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING TO 35.1 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY MORNING, LOWERING DOWN TO 12.6 FEET
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
34.9 FEET ON 01/22/1972.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4371 12376 4367 12348 4328 12341 4327 12347
4338 12362
BR-Y
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