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Flash Flood in Josephine County, Oregon

Flash Flood September 5, 2003 · Josephine County, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

See below.

The wider storm

A Flash Flood Warning, effective at the above listed times, was issued for extreme southern Josephine county in southwest Oregon. The warning was based on radar precipitation estimates over an area of favored thunderstorm development. However, it appears that the radar estimates were overdone. Surveys of the RAWS in the area indicated little rainfall accumulation. A few hours after the warning expired, an NWS employee was sent to survey the area. He reported no flood damage or evidence of high waterflow on the creeks, but a person on the edge of the area of heavy rainfall received 1.6 inches of rain overnight. Therefore it appears that 2-3 inches of rain may have fallen in the area that got the most rainfall. However, it appears that the rain rate was low enough to allow most of it to soak into the ground. The NWS employee reported many fire starts as well, indicating that most of the area around the favored area remained relatively dry.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5374873. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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