Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 13, 7:38 PM PST to 8:46 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County, Ruch
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.432, -122.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 13, 2001
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for North Central Siskiyou County in California and Southwestern Jackson county in Oregon for the period listed above, based on radar data. Verification of the warning was attempted, but was unsuccessful.
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
- 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 North Central Siskiyou County in California and Southwestern Jackson county in Oregon for the period listed above, based on radar data. Verification of the warning was attempted, but was unsuccessful.
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 13, 7:30 PM PST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 7:30 PM PST, 8 minutes before
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 830 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2001 LONE THUNDERSTORM SEEN DYING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU AND FAR SOUTHWEST JACKSON COUNTIES THIS EVENING. NO REPORTS FROM THAT AREA WERE RETRIEVABLE. OAK KNOLL RAWS GUST TO 45 MPH WAS ALL WE COULD FIND. WILL CLEAN UP THE FORECAST TO REMOVE REMAINING POPS...AND SOME EVENING WORDING. CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE COAST AND WESTERN UMPQUA WHERE LOW CLOUDS WILL RETURN. STAVISH .MFR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM FLORENCE OR TO PT ST GEORGE CA. OTH EE 051/063 051/062 049 090002 4BK EE 051/064 050/064 048 090000 RBG EB 054/079 053/077 052 090000 MFR BB 055/086 054/084 052 090000 LMT BB 042/083 043/079 041 090220 LKV BB 050/084 047/080 043 090221 MHS BB 048/083 047/080 046 090000
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Arkansas, July 13, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 13, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 13, 2001
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 13, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 2001
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: 5256672.