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WGUS46 KMFR 170142
FLWMFR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
642 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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...
MODERATE 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.
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 MONDAY MORNING AT 600 AM PDT.
ORC011-171300-
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/MYNO3.2.ER.250317T0019Z.250317T0600Z.250317T1813Z.NO/
642 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER NEAR MYRTLE POINT.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 37.0 FEET, EXPECT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE
NORTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. SIGNIFICANT
AGRICULTURAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE GRAVELFORD AREA TO
THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER. LOG JAMS ARE
POSSIBLE ABOVE THE COPPER BRIDGE WHICH WILL HAVE GREATER IMPACTS
ON THIS SITUATION SHOULD THEY OCCUR.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 35.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 29.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:45 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 35.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 36.5 FEET LATE THIS
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY
MORNING THEN BELOW BANKFULL BY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
36.5 FEET ON 11/25/1977.
- 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 35.3 SUN 5 PM PDT 33.3 28.2 23.1
LAT...LON 4312 12408 4314 12397 4307 12406 4306 12412
4308 12414
MAS
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