Oregon, 1993

Hail in Oregon, May 20, 1993

May 20, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Malheur

When
May 20, 7:45 PM PST
Where
Malheur County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
43.193, -117.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime-size hail was reported by a severe weather spotter three miles northwest of Vale, Oregon, which is 55 miles northwest of Boise. Vale is in Malheur County, which falls within Idaho's county warning area. The spotter reported some probable fruit damage in her orchard.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

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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: 10344279.