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WGUS46 KMFR 161300
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
600 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
FOR THE SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING MYRTLE POINT...
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-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0009.250316T1935Z-250318T0003Z/
/MYPO3.2.ER.250316T1935Z.250317T0000Z.250317T1203Z.NO/
600 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 35.0 FEET, EXPECT FLOODING ALONG SOME SECTIONS OF
HIGHWAY 42 DOWNSTREAM FROM MYRTLE POINT AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO
POWERS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND CAN BE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:20 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 35.5 FEET. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT, LOWERING DOWN TO 19.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
35.3 FEET ON 11/21/2012.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER
MYRTLE POINT 33.0 27.1 SUN 5 AM PDT 33.0 29.1 23.4
LAT...LON 4307 12417 4308 12414 4302 12408 4287 12406
4293 12417
BR-Y
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