Oregon, 1996

Hail in Oregon, September 15, 1996

September 15, 1996 · NWS BOI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms produced dime size hail causing some damage to apple trees. 75" of rain in twenty minutes.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$10,000
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 BOI wrote it up.

Thunderstorms produced dime size hail causing some damage to apple trees. The storm also produced .75" of rain in twenty minutes. The storm continued to produce heavy rain in Malheur county to the Idaho border.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Malheur

When
September 15, 5:30 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
Where
Malheur County, Vale
Measured
0.75 in hail
Crop damage
$10,000
Coordinates
43.980, -117.250

What these are

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

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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: 5562602.