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WGUS86 KMFR 162200  
FLSMFR  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
300 PM 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.  
 
FOR THE NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING MYRTLE POINT...MINOR  
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.  
 
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.0011.250317T0556Z-250317T1808Z/  
/MYNO3.1.ER.250317T0556Z.250317T0600Z.250317T0608Z.NO/  
300 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER NEAR MYRTLE POINT.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* 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 2:45 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 32.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 29.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
35.0 FEET ON 12/29/1998.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 PM PDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED  
 
NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER  
MYRTLE POINT 35.0 32.7 SUN 2 PM PDT 31.8 27.4 22.7  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4312 12408 4314 12397 4307 12406 4306 12412  
4308 12414  
 

 
 
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