251
WGUS86 KMFR 171101
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OREGON...
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING WINSTON, ROSEBURG...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 415 PM PDT.
ORC019-172315-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-250318T1028Z/
/RSBO3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250317T1200Z.250317T2228Z.NO/
401 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, EXPECT FLOODING TO BEGIN ALONG DEER CREEK
CLOSE TO AND AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
26.3 FEET ON 12/09/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER
ROSEBURG 22.0 MSG UNKNOWN 16.9 12.7 11.0
LAT...LON 4327 12347 4328 12344 4322 12333 4317 12335
4319 12340
BR-Y
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page