Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Klamath Basin
- When
- August 19, 4:56 PM PST to August 20, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Klamath Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Extreme Cold in Oregon, August 19 to 20, 2000
Based on forecast low temperatures, light winds, and mostly clear skies, a Frost Warning was issued for the above zones. While several stations reported low temperatures in the middle 30s, it appears that the winds remained strong enough to prevent a widespread frost episode.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 MFR wrote it up.
Based on forecast low temperatures, light winds, and mostly clear skies, a Frost Warning was issued for the above zones. While several stations reported low temperatures in the middle 30s, it appears that the winds remained strong enough to prevent a widespread frost episode.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County
- When
- August 19, 4:56 PM PST to August 20, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.740, -121.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central & Eastern Lake County
- When
- August 19, 4:56 PM PST to August 20, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central & Eastern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Louisiana, August 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 19 to 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 19, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 2000
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: 5163647, 5163648, 5163649.