A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Northern Klamath county (ORZ030) at 1923 PDT on 06/13 and expired at 1949 PST on 06/13. Reports were solicited during the event and the following morning, but no verifying reports were recorded.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Northern Klamath county (ORZ030) at 1923 PDT on 06/13 and expired at 1949 PST on 06/13. Reports were solicited during the event and the following morning, but no verifying reports were recorded. The report above came the closest.
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 Jun 14, 1:30 AM PST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 AM PDT FRI JUN 14 2002 THE DIFFLUENT REGION AND SHORT WAVE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPEMENT OF LAST EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE FACTORS IN TODAYS WEATHER. THE SHORT WAVE HAS ROTATED NORTH AND THE DIFFLUENT REGION OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL HAVE SHIFTED TOO FAR TO THE NORTHEAST. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON TODAY BUT THE AIRMASS WILL BE TOO DRY AND ONLY PRODUCE SOME HIGH CLOUDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER. THICKNESS LOWERS ABOUT 5 DECAMETERS AND 850MB TEMPS COOL SLIGHTLY. SATURDAY WILL BE QUITE SIMULAR TO TODAY. THE BEST SPOT FOR CONVECTION WILL BE PENDELTONS AREA HOWEVER THE LACK OF MOISTURE WILL QUASH CHANCES. THE AVN DOES PAINT SOME MOISTURE THERE UNLIKE THE ETA. HEIGHTS FALL SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST. MONDAY NIGHT OR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTANT LOW BRINGS SOME PRECIP TO SOUTHWEST OREGON AND A SLIGHT CHANCE TO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON LATER THAT NIGHT. THEREAFTER THE PATTERN BECOMES ZONAL WITH NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS. MO .MFR...NONE.
The Medford radar (KMAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:12 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Chemult Ranger Station reported 0.5" hail, 0.50" rain, strong winds, and lots of lightning with thunderstorm that occurred on 08/13.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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