Oregon, 2001

Hail in Oregon, June 8, 2001

June 8, 2001 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

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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 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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 1:30 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:30 PM PST, 5 hours before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PDT FRI JUN 8 2001

MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE THAT
MOVED EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING...CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  CLOUD COVER WILL
INFLUENCE THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTION THAT WILL DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 12
HOURS. SPC OUTLOOK HAS NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE T-STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A SHORTWAVE
MOVING INLAND WILL HELP TO TRIGGER T-STORMS AS IT MOVES OVER THE
REGION.  DUE TO STEEP LAPSE RATES...UPPER LEVEL
DIFFLUENCE/DIVERGENCE...AND DECENT VERTICAL SHEAR...THE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS DOES EXIST.  HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER WILL
INHIBIT SOME T-STORM DEVELOPMENT.

MODELS HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF SYNOPTIC PATTERN...BUT A POOR HANDLE OF
THE INDIVIDUAL DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE UPPER FLOW. PREFER THE
SLOWER ETA COMPARED TO THE AVN.  ETA KEEPS CONVECTION OVER THE
NORTHERN BLUES AND WALLOWAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...THE FLOW ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH BECOMES WESTERLY.
ANY SHOWERS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ONLY
ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED.  OCCASIONAL BREEZY WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED AS GRADIENTS TIGHTEN AT THE SURFACE.  SMITH

EXTENDED...A TROUGH MOVES THROUGH WASHINGTON AND OREGON MONDAY WITH
COOLER AIR AND CHANCE POPS OF SHOWERS AREAWIDE. WITH THE TROUGH AXIS
INTO IDAHO TUESDAY...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ONLY FOR THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON DUE TO
WRAPAROUND MOISTURE...OTHERWISE DRY AND COOL TUESDAY. A WARMING AND
DqRYING TREND WILL DEVELOP WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE
SURFACE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.     FARMER

PDT 4211  ALW 4211  PSC 3111  YKM 3111

.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.

.KPDT...NONE.

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Union

When
June 8, 6:30 PM PST
Where
Union County, 7 mi W of North Powder
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.033, -118.083

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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: 5251408.