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WGUS46 KMFR 162215
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
315 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR WINSTON AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING WINSTON...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY MORNING AT 600 AM PDT.
ORC019-171300-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FL.W.0015.250317T0000Z-250317T1800Z/
/WSNO3.1.ER.250317T0427Z.250317T0600Z.250317T0626Z.NO/
315 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR WINSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER IS AT FLOOD STAGE.
LOW-LAND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM WINSTON UPSTREAM TO DILLARD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO 26.3 FEET
LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
26.6 FEET ON 12/31/2005.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER
WINSTON 26.0 22.2 SUN 2 PM PDT 18.3 14.1 11.1
LAT...LON 4319 12340 4317 12335 4302 12327 4294 12333
4310 12346
MAS
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