Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, May 12, 1993

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, May 12, 1993
Start: 1993-05-12T14:30
End: 1993-05-12T20:00
Location: Oregon

May 12, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $50,000
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When: May 12, 2:30 PM PST
Where: Washington County, Tualatin
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.560, -123.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-sized hail reportedly shattered a car windshield during a thunderstorm in Tualatin.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lake

When: May 12, 5:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where: Lake County
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms moved across Central Oregon accompanied by high winds. In Lake County in Christmas Valley 2 barns were blown off of their foundations by high winds. One was reportedly blown down like a "house of cards". In nearby Fort Rock roofs were blown off of houses and numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oregon in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, May 1993

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10343908, 10344278.