Oregon, 2011Frost and Freeze in Oregon, September 17, 2011
September 17, 2011 · NWS MFR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A cooler air mass and clearing skies made for cold low temperatures this night.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A cooler air mass and clearing skies made for cold low temperatures this night.
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 Sep 16, 2:36 PM PST, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:36 PM PST, 11 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 4:27 AM PST, 21 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
527 AM PDT FRI SEP 16 2011
ORZ029>031-161500-
KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
527 AM PDT FRI SEP 16 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OREGON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT TODAY. A FREEZE WATCH
IS THEN IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR
MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE FREEZE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.
Frost/Freeze, Central & Eastern Lake County
- When
- September 17, 2:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central & Eastern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported low temperatures ranged from 26 to 35 degrees.
Frost/Freeze, Klamath Basin
- When
- September 17, 2:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Klamath Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported low temperatures ranged from 26 to 34 degrees.
Frost/Freeze, Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County
- When
- September 17, 2:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.740, -121.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The only reported low temperature in this zone was 32 degrees.
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 17, 2011$50,000 · EF1 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, September 17 to 18, 2011$55,000 · EF0 · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, September 17, 2011$8,000 · EF0 · 22 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 17, 2011$20,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 17, 2011$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Colorado, September 17, 20111.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail in Kansas, September 17, 20111 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 17, 2011$4,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Colorado, September 17, 20111 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Texas, September 17, 2011$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events
- Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, September 17, 20111 event
- Hail in Kansas, September 17, 20110.75 in hail · 1 event
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 334375, 340253, 340254.