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WGUS86 KMFR 242052
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1252 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OREGON...
COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AFFECTING COOS COUNTY.
FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER...INCLUDING COQUILLE...MINOR 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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 400 AM PST.
ORC011-251200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.FL.W.0001.260224T2100Z-260226T1500Z/
/COQO3.1.UU.260224T2126Z.260225T1300Z.260226T0055Z.NO/
1252 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 21.6 FEET LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.6 FEET ON 01/09/1976.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4316 12441 4323 12422 4310 12412 4307 12416
4312 12442
BPN
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