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WGUS86 KMFR 170148
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
648 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
SOUTH FORK COQUILLE RIVER AT MYRTLE POINT AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
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.
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 700 AM PDT.
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648 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 6:20 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 40.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:20 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 40.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 40.4 FEET LATE THIS
EVENING, THEN GRADUALLY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY
EVENING AND BELOW BANKFULL LATE TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
40.2 FEET ON 12/06/1987.
- 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 40.3 SUN 6 PM PDT 34.5 29.0 22.6
LAT...LON 4307 12417 4308 12414 4302 12408 4287 12406
4293 12417
MAS
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