Hail, Deschutes
- When
- September 8, 12:55 PM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes County, La Pine
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -121.480
Dime to golfball sized hail fell in La Pine. Windows were broken out.
Hail and Heavy Rain in Oregon, September 8, 1998
1 hail, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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
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 Medford radar (KMAX), 203 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Umatilla
- When
- September 8, 1:40 PM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Umatilla County, Ukiah
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.592, -118.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
0.75 inches of rain fell in 20 to 25 minutes.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Idaho, September 8 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Washington, September 8 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 8, 1998
- Heavy Rain in South Carolina, September 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 8, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Nevada, September 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 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: 5669722, 5669723.