Oregon, 2003

Hail in Oregon, April 14, 2003

April 14, 2003 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Apr 14, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PDT MON APR 14 2003

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. COLDEST UNSTABLE AIR ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE REGION NOW
THROUGH TUESDAY. RADAR SHOWING PLENTY OF SHOWER ACTIVITY FROM SE WA
TO CENTRAL OREGON A COUPLE LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVING OCCURRED THIS
AFTERNOON AND MORE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. NORTHERN ZONES APPEAR
TO BE STABLE IN THE WAKE OF EXITING SHORT WAVE THAT BROUGHT
SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. SHOWER
ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER SUNSET. TUESDAY WILL BE A
LITTLE LESS UNSTABLE WITH BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO SE WA AND NE OREGON WITH JUST ISOLATED
SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE SAME AS TUESDAY. NEXT
SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE DIVES DOWN THE COAST WEDNESDAY THEN MOVES
INLAND AS AN OPEN TROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE THE NEXT BEST CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION

EXTENDED...SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY OVER THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION.  WEAK
RIDGING LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL PUT THE PDT FORECAST AREA
BETWEEN SYSTEMS FOR DRY CONDITIONS.  THE NEXT LOW WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  AT THIS TIME
...IT APPEARS THE INITIAL FRONT WILL SHEAR APART AS IT MOVES INTO
THE REGION.  MAIN ENERGY AND MOISTURE WILL BE TO OUR NORTH.
THEREFORE...WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES LOW.  MJB.

PDT 2222  ALW 2222  PSC 2222  YKM 2222

.KPDT...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:00 AM PST, 12 hours 45 minutes before
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-151300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
500 AM PDT MON APR 14 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON

.DAY ONE... TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LOW PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL SPIN A COUPLE OF
DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME
HEATING WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Umatilla

When
April 14, 4:45 PM PST
Where
Umatilla County, Ukiah
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.133, -118.933

The hail also contributed to a truck running off the road into Camas Creek, three miles south of Ukiah. No injuries were reported from the accident.

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5353730.