Hail, North Oregon Cascades Foothills
- When
- May 18, 4:00 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- North Oregon Cascades Foothills forecast zone
A thunderstorm over North Central Oregon produced 3/4 inch hail near Hepner.
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.
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A thunderstorm over North Central Oregon produced 3/4 inch hail near Hepner.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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