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WGUS86 KMFR 162152
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
252 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OREGON...
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
..THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON
UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING TILLER, RIDDLE, WINSTON,
ROSEBURG...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 300 AM PDT.
ORC019-171000-
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252 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG IS AT
FLOODSTAGE. EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF STRUCTURES ALONG ARIZONA
STREET AND UPSTREAM OF THE DOWNTOWN BRIDGES IN LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA DUE TO MISSING DATA.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST LATER AT 23.1 FEET THIS
EVENING AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
22.2 FEET ON 01/01/1997.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER
ROSEBURG 22.0 MSG UNKNOWN 15.9 12.2 10.3
LAT...LON 4327 12347 4328 12344 4322 12333 4317 12335
4319 12340
ORC019-171000-
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/EKTO3.1.ER.250317T0340Z.250317T1200Z.250317T1841Z.NO/
252 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE MONDAY EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING
TO 37.0 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE BY MID DAY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
37.4 FEET ON 03/03/1972.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
UMPQUA RIVER
ELKTON 33.0 23.3 SUN 2 PM PDT 29.1 18.2 14.1
LAT...LON 4371 12376 4367 12348 4328 12341 4327 12347
4338 12362
SMITH
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