Oregon

Storms in Oregon in 2003

410 events in 184 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oregon in 2003, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Oregon in 2003 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • 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 year

Events
410
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$3.8 million
Episodes
184

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind11200$6,000
Heavy Rain6200
Heavy Snow6101
Frost/Freeze2900
Wildfire2600$256,000
Hail2300$2.8 million
Flood2000
Winter Storm1600
Lightning1202$150,000
Funnel Cloud1100
Thunderstorm Wind1000$33,000
Cold/Wind Chill900
Flash Flood600$7,000
High Surf500$500,000
Tornado200
Dust Storm200
Storm Surge/Tide100
Dust Devil100$10,000
Debris Flow100$1,000
Strong Wind100$15,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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March 2003

April 2003

May 2003

June 2003

July 2003

August 2003

September 2003

October 2003

November 2003

December 2003

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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.