Hail, Clatsop
- When
- April 11, 5:00 PM PST to 5:30 PM PST
- Where
- Clatsop County, Cannon Beach
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.900, -123.970
Hail in Oregon, April 11, 1996
A severe thunderstorm with frequent lightning, 3/4 inch hail and wind gusting to 42 mph was reported by a spotter at Cannon Beach.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm with frequent lightning, 3/4 inch hail and wind gusting to 42 mph was reported by a spotter at Cannon Beach.
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 11 to 13, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 11, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
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: 5563676.