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WGUS86 KMFR 150450
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
950 PM PDT MON APR 14 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
SPRAGUE RIVER NEAR BEATTY AFFECTING KLAMATH COUNTY.
FOR THE SPRAGUE RIVER...INCLUDING BEATTY...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS THROUGH
FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM PDT.
ORC035-151800-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0017.250415T1500Z-250418T0800Z/
/BTYO3.1.ER.250415T0900Z.250416T1600Z.250417T2300Z.NO/
950 PM PDT MON APR 14 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SPRAGUE RIVER NEAR BEATTY.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOODING OF STRUCTURES ALONG THE SPRAGUE
RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF SPRAGUE RIVER, LONE PINE, AND DOWN
STREAM CAN BE EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL FLOODING IS LIKELY
IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 8.6 FEET LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.3 FEET ON 05/01/2006.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4235 12095 4243 12165 4253 12172 4252 12126
4243 12094
AH
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