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WGUS86 KMFR 171103
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
403 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OREGON...
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR WINSTON AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER...INCLUDING WINSTON, ROSEBURG...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 415 PM PDT.
ORC019-172315-
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403 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR WINSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 29.0 FEET, HIGHWAY 99 NEAR THE TOWN OF DILLARD BEGINS
TO FLOOD. EXPECT FLOODING OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES ALONG HIGHWAY 99
AND THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF DILLARD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 AM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:15 AM PDT MONDAY WAS 29.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 29.0 FEET EARLY THIS
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
29.0 FEET ON 01/07/1948.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (5 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER
WINSTON 26.0 28.1 MON 3 AM PDT 19.5 15.2 12.5
LAT...LON 4319 12340 4317 12335 4302 12327 4294 12333
4310 12346
BR-Y
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