Oregon, 2001

Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 10, 2001

July 10, 2001 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for East Central Jackson county at 1807 PDT on 07/10/01 and expired at 1854 PDT on 07/10/01. A spotter reported dime size hail at Fish Lake Resort at 1815 PDT, verifying the warning.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for East Central Jackson county at 1807 PDT on 07/10/01 and expired at 1854 PDT on 07/10/01. A spotter reported dime size hail at Fish Lake Resort at 1815 PDT, verifying the warning.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:30 PM PST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:30 PM PST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2001

ANOTHER ACTIVE EVENING WITH AIRMASS REMAINING UNSTABLE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. UPPER LOW PRESSURE OFF CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUES TO SEND
A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE INTO OUR FORECAST AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER
FROM THIS MORNING IS AROUND 1 INCH AND EXPECT STORMS THIS EVENING TO
BE WETTER THAN THE ONES LAST NIGHT. HIGH THETA-E VALUES CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY BUT STARTS TO SHIFT EAST OF THE CASCADES ON IN THE
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY. UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY. AIRMASS ON
THE WEST SHOULD START TO STABILIZE BUT EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE UNSTABLE.

TEMPERATURES COOLING TO SEASONAL NORM THIS WEEKEND WITH UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST. MODEL SHOWS UPPER LOW DROPPING INTO THE
PAC NW ON SUNDAY. AIRMASS COULD BECOME UNSTABLE AGAIN BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

FB

.MFR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE OR TO POINT ST GEORGE CA.

OTH BB 055/064 053/065 050 083222
4BK BB 054/064 053/066 050 083222
RBG BB 059/084 053/085 056 087443
MFR BB 064/096 058/093 058 087453>
LMT BB 053/086 049/084 047 086344
LKV BB 053/085 049/083 049 085344
MHS CE 057/086 052/084 053 086342

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:51 PM PST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
551 PM PST TUE JUL 10 2001

TIME(PST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM                              OR   .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/01   JACKSON                        FISH LAKE RESORT REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZED HAIL FOR 15
                                          MINUTES AND HEAVY RAIN.

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The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When
July 10, 6:15 PM PST
Where
Jackson County, Lakecreek
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.432, -122.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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What these are

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.

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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: 5256668.