Hail, Deschutes
- When
- August 20, 4:56 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes County, Bend
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -121.300
A spotter in Bend reported 3/4 inch hail.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, August 20 to 22, 1998
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 225 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:56 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Deschutes
- When
- August 22, 9:30 PM PST to 10:30 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes County, Brothers
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -120.580
A spotter 20 miles southwest of Brothers reported 60 mph wind gusts, heavy rain, pea sized hail, and frequent lightning from 1030 pm to 1130 pm.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Utah, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 20, 1998
- Hail in Montana, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Montana, August 20, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, August 20, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 1998
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: 5666685, 5666686.