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WGUS86 KMFR 162001
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
101 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OREGON...
DEER CREEK AT ROSEBURG AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
..THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON
ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE DEER CREEK...INCLUDING ROSEBURG...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
FOR THE ELK CREEK - DOUGLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING DRAIN...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING ELKTON, REEDSPORT...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 115 AM PDT.
ORC019-170815-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-250317T1525Z/
/ECDO3.1.ER.250316T1840Z.250317T0000Z.250317T0325Z.NO/
101 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LANDS AND
STRUCTURES AT THIS STAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:15 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:15 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 16.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 17.7 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS
EVENING AND PLUMMET TO 10.0 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.8 FEET ON 02/16/1958.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
ELK CREEK
DRAIN 16.0 16.6 SUN 12 PM PD 7.5 5.5 4.2
LAT...LON 4366 12336 4367 12331 4361 12327 4361 12329
4364 12331
ORC019-170815-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250317T2129Z/
/DEEO3.2.ER.250316T1405Z.250317T0000Z.250317T0929Z.NR/
101 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...DEER CREEK AT ROSEBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:00 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 14.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW MODERATE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND FALL BELOW MINOR FLOOD BY
LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.7 FEET ON 12/13/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
DEER CREEK
ROSEBURG 10.0 14.4 SUN 12 PM PD 6.2 4.9 4.5
LAT...LON 4321 12334 4322 12334 4322 12325 4321 12317
4320 12324
ORC019-170815-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0012.250317T0346Z-250318T0718Z/
/EKTO3.1.ER.250317T0346Z.250317T1200Z.250317T1918Z.NO/
101 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:15 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING
TO 37.3 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE EARLY MONDAY
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
33.6 FEET ON 12/30/2008.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
UMPQUA RIVER
ELKTON 33.0 20.6 SUN 12 PM PD 33.9 20.2 14.8
LAT...LON 4371 12376 4367 12348 4328 12341 4327 12347
4338 12362
SMITH
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