1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Medford radar (KMAX), 237 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
During a snowstorm, lightning struck a 230,000 volt transmission line just east of Bend. Power was briefly lost to around 25,000 customers in and around Bend.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, March 2000
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: 5136973.