Hail in Oregon, July 9, 2006

Name: Hail in Oregon, July 9, 2006
Start: 2006-07-09T18:30
End: 2006-07-09T18:30
Location: Oregon

July 9, 2006 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Based on radar reports, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Northwest Lake County at 09/1812 PDT, effective until 09/1900 PDT. The above report verified the warning.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 radar reports, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Northwest Lake County at 09/1812 PDT, effective until 09/1900 PDT. The above report verified the warning.

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 9, 1:43 PM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:43 PM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
243 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 2006

.DISCUSSION...WITH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE PARAMETERS BEING ABOUT
THE SAME AS YESTERDAY AND IN THE SAME LOCATION...EXPECT SIMILAR
RESULTS TODAY AS YESTERDAY AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MFR
MORNING SOUNDING INDICATING A CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 102...THIS
IS NOT GOING TO BE REACHED ON THE WEST SIDE THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT
WAVE COMING THROUGH TONIGHT WILL USHER IN A MARINE PUSH TO THE WEST
SIDE WITH 850MB TEMPS COOLING FROM 5C TO 3C COMBINING WITH 500MB
WARMING OF SEVERAL DEGREES WILL INCREASE STABILITY TOMORROW. WITH
THE INCREASED STABILITY AND THE LACK OF ANY KICKER COMING THROUGH
THE REGION HAVE KEPT ANY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OUT FOR TOMORROW.
COOLING TREND CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY WITH CLOUD DECK FILLING THE
WEST SIDE NORTH OF THE SISKIYOUS NIGHTLY. HAVE CUT TEMPS BELOW
GUIDANCE IN THE UMPQUA BASIN TO HEDGE FOR A LACK OF HEATING WITH
THE CLOUD DECK. COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING AS NOSE OF
JET NUDGES THROUGH...BUT WITH STABLE NORTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF QPF. ZONAL FLOW REMAINS
IN PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH JET AXIS REMAINING
NORTH OF THE REGION UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ALONG THE COAST
THIS EVENING SPREADING INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN....WITH MVFR SPILLING
INTO THE ROGUE BY THE MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE CASCADES EASTWARD. CLOUD DECK
BURNS OFF SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA TOMORROW...WITH LINGERING MVFR TO IF IN
THE UMPQUA AND THE COAST.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND SEAS CAPE BLANCO TO OR/CA
     BORDER 0-60 NM.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND SEAS OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST
     GEORGE 0-60 NM.

&&

SVEN

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 197 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lake

When: July 9, 6:30 PM PST
Where: Lake County, Ft Rock
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.367, -121.050

A member of the public reported this hail 3 miles southeast of Fort Rock.

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: 5521210.