Oregon, 1997Hail and Waterspout in Oregon, September 2 to 14, 1997
September 2 to 14, 1997 · NWS MFR · 8 events in 3 counties and zones
7 hail, 1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $2.1 million
- Events
- 8
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.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- September 2, 8:09 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County, 5 mi SE of (Mfr)medford Arpt
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $2.1 million
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -122.800
Up to 1-1/2 inch hail caused widespread damage to the pear crop from Phoenix to east Medford.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- September 2, 8:18 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County, 2 mi E of (Mfr)medford Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -122.830
Hail, Jackson
- When
- September 2, 8:20 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County, 2 mi E of (Mfr)medford Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -122.830
Hail, Jackson
- When
- September 2, 8:30 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County, 1 mi E of (Mfr)medford Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -122.850
Hail, Josephine
- When
- September 10, 1:37 AM PST to 1:45 AM PST
- Where
- Josephine County, 7 mi SW of Grants Pass
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -123.420
Hail, Josephine
- When
- September 10, 1:40 AM PST
- Where
- Josephine County, Grants Pass
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -123.320
3/4-1 inch hail covered the ground.
Hail, Josephine
- When
- September 10, 1:41 AM PST
- Where
- Josephine County, Grants Pass
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -123.320
3/4 inch hail. Storm knocked out power to about 75 residences.
Waterspout, Curry
- When
- September 14, 6:18 PM PST
- Where
- Curry County, 5 mi N of Gold Beach
- Coordinates
- 42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout dissipated before reaching shore.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arizona, September 2 to 13, 19972 deaths · 4 injured · $500 · F0 · 14 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 2, 19971 death · 2 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 19971 injured · $320,000 · 0.75 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in California, September 2, 1997$75,000 · 2 events
- Flooding in Florida, September 2, 1997$70,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, September 2, 1997$55,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, September 2, 1997$55,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 2, 19972 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 2, 1997$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 2, 1997$15,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, September 2, 19975 events
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Indiana, September 2 to 29, 1997$4,000 · 4 events