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WGUS86 KMFR 161259
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
559 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OREGON...
COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING COQUILLE...MODERATE 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.
ORC011-170100-
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559 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, SOME HOMES ARE FLOODED ALONG AND NEAR THE
COQUILLE RIVER. ROADS ARE FLOODED IN SPOTS IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR
THE COQUILLE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 24.9 FEET LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
24.9 FEET ON 12/07/1981.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
COQUILLE RIVER
COQUILLE 21.0 19.2 SUN 5 AM PDT 24.9 22.9 18.8
LAT...LON 4316 12441 4323 12422 4310 12412 4307 12416
4312 12442
BR-Y
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