Hail in Oregon, April 29, 2003

Name: Hail in Oregon, April 29, 2003
Start: 2003-04-29T17:00
End: 2003-04-29T18:00
Location: Oregon

April 29, 2003 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Hailstones one-half inch to one and one-eighth inches were reported. Leaves and budding fruit were stripped from 40 pear, apple, and plum trees in the Keizer area.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.

Hailstones one-half inch to one and one-eighth inches were reported. Leaves and budding fruit were stripped from 40 pear, apple, and plum trees in the Keizer area.

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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours before

NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
300 PM PDT TUE APR 29 2003

.SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER ROCK-N-ROLL AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE
LATER THIS EVENING. BUT THE PESKY LOW PRES OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST
WILL STILL BE ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS ON
WEDNESDAY. DRIER WEATHER THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
STARTS BUILDING. ANOTHER SYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGS SHOWERS AND
COOLER AIR.

.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...LOW PRES STILL SITTING NEAR BROOKINGS...WITH EAST TO
SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS OREGON. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NOW
ERUPTING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CASCADES AND SW
OREGON. MODELS LOOK DECENT IN CONTINUING TO WEAKEN THE LOW TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY...AND SLOWLY PUSHING IT INLAND. THIS KEEPS SCATTERED
SHOWER THREAT INTO WED NIGHT. WILL KEEP ZONES AS SUCH...WITH
DECREASING SHOWERS WED NIGHT. ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE EARLY THU...THEN
DRIER WEATHER AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OFFSHORE. SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP
AREA PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ON THU.

.LONG TERM...WILL KEEP WITH TREND OF A LOVELY SPRING DAY ON FRIDAY...
THEN THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH ARRIVES. SHOWERS INCREASING LATE SAT...AND CONTINUE SUN.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS MON AS TROUGH LEAVES...THEN DRY ON TUE WITH SOME
RIDGING.

AST 654210  PDX 654200  SLE 654200  EUG 753200

.PQR...NONE.

FCSTR...ROCKEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 6:10 AM PST, 10 hours 50 minutes before

ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-301430-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
610 AM PST TUE APR 29 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO SKYWARN PROCEDURES.

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Marion

When: April 29, 5:00 PM PST to 6:00 PM PST
Where: Marion County, Keizer
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.983, -123.033

What these are

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

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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: 5351727.