Hail in Oregon, May 27, 2005

Name: Hail in Oregon, May 27, 2005
Start: 2005-05-27T20:03
End: 2005-05-27T20:03
Location: Oregon

May 27, 2005 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Based on the above spotter report, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Central Jackson County at 27/2021 PDT, effective until 27/2100 PDT. The warning was cancelled at 27/2034 PDT.

Where it happened

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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 MFR wrote it up.

Based on the above spotter report, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Central Jackson County at 27/2021 PDT, effective until 27/2100 PDT. The warning was cancelled at 27/2034 PDT.

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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 12:20 PM PST, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:20 PM PST, 7 hours 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
120 PM PDT FRI MAY 27 2005

.DISCUSSION...

THE MAIN FEATURES ARE DEEP MOISTURE IN WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH
COOLING ALOFT AND WEAK DIVERGENCE AT 500MB AS A CLOSED LOW NEAR 40N
130W MOVES TOWARD NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. THESE FEATURES WILL CONTINUE
THE THUNDERSTORMS WELL INTO THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY MOST OF THE
NIGHT EAST OF THE CASCADES WHERE THE GFS SHOWS A SHORT WAVE ROTATING
UP FROM THE SOUTH.

SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP AS THE
UPPER LOW MOVES EAST JUST SOUTH OF THE OREGON BORDER. COOLER TEMPS
ALOFT AND WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS WILL BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURES AS
COMPARED WITH TODAY. THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY JUST SOUTH OF
THE OREGON BORDER SUNDAY MAINTAINING THE COOLER TEMPS AND BRINGING
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE GFS AND ECMWF A SIMILAR IN
TIMING AND POSITION OF THE LOW.

MONDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN SUNDAY AND DRY DUE TO THE
EXIT OF THE UPPER LOW BEING REPLACED BY A SHORT WAVE RIDGE. THERE
AFTER 500MB HEIGHTS GRADUALLY FALL WITH A DRY PATTERN AND NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. IF THE ENSEMBLE MEAN IS FOLLOWED THIS PATTERN PERSISTS
INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.

&&

ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jackson

When: May 27, 8:03 PM PST
Where: Jackson County, Talent
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 42.250, -122.783

A spotter 2WSW Talent reported .75 inch hail with a thunderstorm.

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

Every storm in Oregon in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, May 2005

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: 5446651.