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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

for Malheur County, OR

Issued by the National Weather Service

    FLOOD WARNING  

Malheur County, OR

Flood Warning issued May 1 at 6:59AM MDT until May 4 at 3:07AM MDT by NWS Boise ID

FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Malheur, OR

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Wednesday 6:59am MDT

Alert Effective: Wednesday 6:59am MDT

Alert Expires: Thursday 1:00pm MDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Wednesday 6:59am MDT

Event Ends: Saturday 3:07am MDT

Issued by: NWS Boise ID

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Oregon...

Owyhee River Below Owyhee Dam affecting Malheur County.

.High mountain snow melt and increased reservoir releases will cause
the river flows to remain high. Expect minor flooding downstream
from the dam.

For the Owyhee River...including Owyhee Dam, Owyhee Dam...Minor
flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Owyhee River below Owyhee Dam.

* WHEN...Until early Saturday morning.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:30 AM MDT Wednesday /5:30 AM PDT Wednesday/ the flow was
3,666 cfs.
- Bankfull stage is 1,000 cfs.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river flow in the 24 hours
ending at 6:30 AM MDT Wednesday /5:30 AM PDT Wednesday/ was
3,702 cfs.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late Friday evening and continue falling to 2,000 cfs Friday,
May 10.
- Flood flow is 3,000 cfs.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
3,560 cfs on 04/20/1999.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information: 
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Thursday afternoon at 100 PM MDT
/noon PDT/.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.110e51c05eff709e43801afe01836d3940f21c5b.001.1
Codes: ORC045
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.110e51c05eff709e43801afe01836d3940f21c5b.001.1