Oregon, 1995

Tornado and Hail in Oregon, May 30, 1995

May 30, 1995 · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
Crop damage
None recorded
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Klamath

When
May 30, 3:30 PM PST
Where
Klamath County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$20,000
Coordinates
42.230, -121.770

A small tornado, one and one-half inch hail, and heavy rain accompanied strong thunderstorms in the Klamath Falls area. The tornado ripped the roof off of a Klamath Falls School District bus barn. No one was injured. Hail from the same storm did some minor crop damage to local sugar beet fields.

Hail, Klamath

When
May 30, 4:00 PM PST
Where
Klamath County, Klamath Falls
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A small tornado, one and one-half inch hail, and heavy rain accompanied strong thunderstorms in the Klamath Falls area. The tornado ripped the roof off of a Klamath Falls School District bus barn. No one was injured. Hail from the same storm did some minor crop damage to local sugar beet fields.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 10344276, 10344277.