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WGUS86 KMFR 172318  
FLSMFR  
  
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
418 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025  
  
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
  
  COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.  
  
FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING COQUILLE...MAJOR FLOODING IS   
FORECAST.  
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
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.  
  
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 430 AM PDT.  
  
  
  
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418 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING  
  
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING, AND MAJOR FLOODING IS   
  POSSIBLE.  
  
* WHERE...COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.  
  
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.  
  
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, SOME HOMES ARE FLOODED ALONG AND NEAR THE   
  COQUILLE RIVER. ROADS ARE FLOODED IN SPOTS IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR   
  THE COQUILLE RIVER.  
  
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
  - AT 3:45 PM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.4 FEET.  
  - BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
  - RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
    ENDING AT 3:45 PM PDT MONDAY WAS 24.8 FEET.  
  - FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE NEAR MAJOR FLOOD STAGE  
    WITH A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 25.1 FEET TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. IT  
    WILL GRADUALLY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
  - FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
  - FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
    24.9 FEET ON 12/07/1981.  
  - HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
  
  
  
              FLD   OBSERVED           FORECASTS (4 PM PDT)       
LOCATION      STG   STG   DAY/TIME     TUE   WED   THU            
  
COQUILLE RIVER  
COQUILLE      21.0  24.4  MON 3 PM PDT 24.6  21.8  16.8           
  
  
  
LAT...LON 4316 12441 4323 12422 4310 12412 4307 12416  
      4312 12442  
  
  
  
MAS  
 
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