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WGUS46 KMFR 162200
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
300 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING COQUILLE...MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
FOR THE SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING MYRTLE POINT...MAJOR
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 300 AM PDT.
ORC011-171000-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250318T1146Z/
/MYPO3.3.ER.250316T1832Z.250317T0600Z.250317T2346Z.NO/
300 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 40.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALONG
AND NEAR THE SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
DAMAGE TO HOUSES FARMS AND ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:20 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 37.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:20 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 37.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 38.7 FEET LATE THIS
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
38.6 FEET ON 12/31/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER
MYRTLE POINT 33.0 37.8 SUN 2 PM PDT 32.9 28.8 22.2
LAT...LON 4307 12417 4308 12414 4302 12408 4287 12406
4293 12417
ORC011-171000-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0008.250316T2200Z-250319T1904Z/
/COQO3.3.ER.250316T1838Z.250317T0800Z.250319T0704Z.NO/
300 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 2:45 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:45 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 21.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE ALREADY AND WILL
HIT A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 25.1 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
IT WILL FALL BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- 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 (3 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
COQUILLE RIVER
COQUILLE 21.0 21.6 SUN 2 PM PDT 24.4 21.9 19.5
LAT...LON 4316 12441 4323 12422 4310 12412 4307 12416
4312 12442
SMITH
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