Hail, Klamath
- When
- July 3, 4:54 PM PST
- Where
- Klamath County, Crescent Lake
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.517, -121.983
Reported by a member of the public 2 miles south of Crescent Lake.
Hail in Oregon, July 3, 2006
Upon reciept of this report, which was relayed from WFO Pendleton, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for North Central Klamath County at 03/1703 PDT, effective until 03/1730 PDT. The warning was allowed to expire at 03/1730 PDT.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Upon reciept of this report, which was relayed from WFO Pendleton, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for North Central Klamath County at 03/1703 PDT, effective until 03/1730 PDT. The warning was allowed to expire at 03/1730 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 Jul 3, 12:20 PM PST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:20 PM PST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 120 PM PDT MON JUL 3 2006 .DISCUSSION...12Z NGM/NAM/GFS IN. THE MARINE STRATUS HAS NOW BURNED OFF TO NEAR THE COAST AND CUMULUS IS NOW POPPING UP ALONG THE RIDGES EVERYWHERE BUT THE WEST SIDE AND MODOC COUNTY. THE 03/12Z MFR SOUNDING CONTINUES THE STABILIZING TREND OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. PW IS DOWN TO 1.06 INCHES...THE LI IS NOW -2.0...AND CAPE HAS DROPPED TO 600 J/KG. THE SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN WILL CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A LONG WAVE TROUGH NEAR 140W AND AN UPPER HIGH OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE MEDFORD CWA BECOMING SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHERLY WHEN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES PASS OVER. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST OF THESE SHORT WAVES WILL PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN OF THE PAST FEW DAYS...EXCEPT FOR A GRADUALLY INCREASE IN THE INLAND PENETRATION OF THE MARINE LAYER IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CASCADES EAST. A CHANGE IN THE PATTERN WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THE OFFSHORE LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ONSHORE. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE REPLACED BY STRONGER ZONAL FLOW. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE THURSDAY. NOT BULLISH WITH THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...500 MB HEIGHTS REMAIN QUITE HIGH AND CLIMATOLOGY ARGUES STRONGLY AGAINST IT. EXPECT THE MODELS TO TREND TOWARD WEAKENING THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS NOW IN THE FORECAST AND WILL HAVE TO COORDINATE ANY CHANGES. A STRONG MARINE PUSH LOOKS LIKELY THOUGH...PUSHING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AT LEAST INTO MOST OF THE UMPQUA VALLEY AND MAYBE THE ROGUE AS WELL. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...A PATTERN SIMILAR TO THE PRESENT ONE WILL SET UP...BUT THIS TIME THE OFFSHORE TROUGH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE COAST AND IT WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE...MOVING ONSHORE MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...WILL GO WITH A DRY FORECAST AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BE SHUNTED FARTHER EAST WITH THE STRONGER AND MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. MODEL LIS AND CAPES SUPPORT A DRY FORECAST AS WELL. && .AVIATION...INLAND...VFR CONDITIONS EXCEPT POSSIBLY NEAR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CASCADES EAST. COAST...ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF IFR PRIMARILY IN THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. CA...NONE. && STOCKTON
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 2006
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 3, 2006
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 3, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 2006
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 2006
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: 5521209.