Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Klamath Basin
- When
- September 21, 3:05 PM PST to 9:36 PM 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, September 21, 2000
A Frost Warning was issued for the above areas at 1505 PDT but it was cancelled at 2136 PDT because of forecast winds and sky cover. with some higher elevation stations in the lower 30s.
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.
A Frost Warning was issued for the above areas at 1505 PDT but it was cancelled at 2136 PDT because of forecast winds and sky cover. Low temperatures were mostly in the upper 30s to lower 40s...with some higher elevation stations in the lower 30s. No frost reports were received, but some patchy frost likely did develop. Overall, it appears that cancelling the warning was a good call.
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
- September 21, 3:05 PM PST to 9:36 PM 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
- September 21, 3:05 PM PST to 9:36 PM 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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Georgia, September 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 21, 2000
- Wildfire in California, September 21 to 23, 2000
- Tornado and High Wind in Colorado, September 21, 2000
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 21 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, September 21 to 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 21, 2000
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 21 to 22, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alabama, September 21, 2000
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 21 to 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 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: 5156223, 5156224, 5156225.