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WGUS86 KMFR 251101
FLSMFR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 AM PST WED FEB 25 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THIS AFTERNOON AT 315 PM PST.
ORC011-252315-
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301 AM PST WED FEB 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT FLOODING OF FARMLAND AND LOW-LYING AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE COQUILLE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:45 AM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:45 AM PST WEDNESDAY WAS 21.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 21.9 FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.9 FEET ON 02/10/1960.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4316 12441 4323 12422 4310 12412 4307 12416
4312 12442
SMITH
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