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WGUS86 KMFR 170441
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
941 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE ELK CREEK - DOUGLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING DRAIN...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.
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941 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ELK CREEK NEAR DRAIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LANDS AND
STRUCTURES AT THIS STAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:15 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 19.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER PEAKED AROUND 19.6 FEET EARLIER AND WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.5 FEET ON 12/22/1964.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 PM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
ELK CREEK
DRAIN 16.0 19.5 SUN 9 PM PDT 6.3 4.9 4.0
LAT...LON 4366 12336 4367 12331 4361 12327 4361 12329
4364 12331
MAS
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