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WGUS86 KMFR 161542
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
842 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER NEAR MYRTLE POINT AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING COQUILLE...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING MYRTLE POINT...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 845 PM PDT.
ORC011-170345-
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842 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER NEAR MYRTLE POINT.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 35.0 FEET, EXPECT WIDESPREAD PASTURE AND AGRICULTURAL
FLOODING. MODERATE BANK EROSION ALONG THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE
RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 29.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING
TO 35.7 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE LATE TONIGHT TO 22.1 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
35.8 FEET ON 01/20/2012.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER
MYRTLE POINT 35.0 28.3 SUN 7 AM PDT 33.8 29.0 23.6
LAT...LON 4312 12408 4314 12397 4307 12406 4306 12412
4308 12414
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842 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 8:20 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 35.5 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- 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 (11 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER
MYRTLE POINT 33.0 29.8 SUN 8 AM PDT 31.4 28.6 20.6
LAT...LON 4307 12417 4308 12414 4302 12408 4287 12406
4293 12417
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/COQO3.2.ER.250316T2227Z.250317T1200Z.250319T0117Z.NO/
842 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST, ALTHOUGH MAJOR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.
* 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 7:45 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.9 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 (9 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
COQUILLE RIVER
COQUILLE 21.0 19.9 SUN 7 AM PDT 24.8 22.4 18.1
LAT...LON 4316 12441 4323 12422 4310 12412 4307 12416
4312 12442
SMITH
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