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WGUS46 KMFR 161748
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1048 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
COW CREEK NEAR RIDDLE AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE COW CREEK...INCLUDING AZALEA, GLENDALE, RIDDLE...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 700 PM PDT.
ORC019-170200-
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1048 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COW CREEK NEAR RIDDLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, COW CREEK IS AT FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING FIELDS AND STRUCTURES BEGINS AT THIS POINT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS RISING RAPIDLY, AND SHOULD REACH
MINOR FLOOD STAGE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 22.4 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
QUICKLY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
22.5 FEET ON 12/08/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4291 12349 4293 12348 4296 12334 4294 12333
4291 12340
BMS
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