A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for the Klamath Falls area at 1944 PDT and expired at 2015 PDT. 5 inch hail was reported with this thunderstorm along with a wind gust to 53 mph.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for the Klamath Falls area at 1944 PDT and expired at 2015 PDT. 0.5 inch hail was reported with this thunderstorm along with a wind gust to 53 mph. Several reports of heavy rain (2.00 inches in 1 hour, 2.07 inches in 75 minutes, 1.41 inches in 90 minutes). Minor urban flooding of parking lots, streets, and underpasses was reported. No reports verifying a severe thunderstorm were reported.
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 28, 1:55 PM PST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
255 PM PDT MON JUN 28 2004
.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE CASCADES AND
SISKIYOUS...AND TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. STORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO
THE NE AND THUS HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE OF TS IN JACKSON
COUNTY...BUT MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY.PATTERN CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH TROUGH IN THE EASTERN
PAC. THIS PATTERN CONTINUES TO FEED MOISTURE INTO THE AREA THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. TOMORROW AXIS OF MOISTURE FLOW...THETA E
RIDGE AND LOW LIS EXTEND FARTHER WEST WITH THE MESO ETA SHOWING AN
AREA OF THETA E CONVERGENCE OVER THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN MEDFORD AND
GRANTS PASS. THIS HAS BEEN AN INDICATOR IN THE PAST OF
THUNDERSTORMS CARRYING OVER THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERLY
H7 FLOW THAT WILL BE PRESENT TOMORROW AND HAVE MOVED THE AREA OF TS
FARTHER WEST IN RESPONSE. GFS IS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE SPURIOUS
CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK STRONG VORTS ON THE 18Z RUN THAT WERE NOT
PRESENT ON THE 12Z RUN. TONIGHT IT DEVELOPS A VORT THAT COMES INTO
SW OREGON TOMORROW MORNING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY DEVELOPING A
STRONG VORT WITH CLOSED H7 LOW UP THE EAST SIDE THURSDAY NIGHT. BOTH
EVENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HIGH QPF BULLSEYES. THIS SEEMS TO BE
A PROBLEM LATELY WITH THE GFS IN THIS UNUSUAL SPRING-LIKE PATTERN FOR
ALMOST BEING THE BEGINNING OF JULY.
IN THE EXTENDED...MODELS ARE LEANING TOWARDS A LONGWAVE TROUGH
PATTERN FROM THE WEEKEND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...WITH
ONSHORE FLOW STABILIZING THE REGION WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO.
GALE WARNING CAPE BLANCO TO THE OR/CA BORDER.
CA...GALE WARNING FROM THE OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.
&&
SVENHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 730 AM PDT MON JUN 28 2004 CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-PZZ350-353-370-373-291430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY COAST- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- MODOC COUNTY-NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 730 AM PDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PZZ356-376-291430- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- 730 AM PDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE PDXCWFMFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GERIG
The Medford radar (KMAX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
No wind report of this magnitude was received, but one report came close.
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