Hail, Yakima
- When
- May 23, 4:10 PM PST to 4:20 PM PST
- Where
- Yakima County, 0.84 mi SW of South Broadway
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 46.590, -120.530
Social Media reported the hail with the thunderstorm.
Hail in Washington, May 23, 2015
Several thunderstorms developed along the east slopes of the Washington Cascade and the Yakima Valley. 88) inch hail.
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 PDT wrote it up.
Several thunderstorms developed along the east slopes of the Washington Cascade and the Yakima Valley. While most storms produced moderate rain and small hail, one storm did produce nickel (0.88) inch hail.
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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 2:34 PM PST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:34 PM PST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 334 PM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION .SHORT TERM...LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE UP INTO OUR AREA AND COMBINING THIS WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTN THAT WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE LOW PRESSURE FINALLY MOVES SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE REGION TOMORROW BUT LEFT OVER MOISTURE MAINLY OVER THE BLUE/WALLOWAS WILL PRODUCE AFTN/EVE SHOWERS/TSRA AND ALSO ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WA CASCADES. BY MONDAY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CANADA IS FORECAST TO DIP SOUTH WITH SHOWERS AND TSRA EXPECTED OVER THE AREA MOUNTAINS INTO MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO IDAHO AND MONTANA ON WEDNESDAY...BUT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT CONTINUING TO BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN FURTHER ON THURSDAY AND A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA...BUT IT MAY STILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THEN ON FRIDAY...AS THE RIDGE PROGRESSES EASTWARD...SOUTHWEST FLOW AND AN ATTENDANT SHORTWAVE WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL LAST THROUGH SATURDAY. DESPITE THE UNSETTLED WEATHER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND BRINGING DAYTIME HIGHS INTO THE MID 70S TO NEAR 90 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COBB && .AVIATION...00Z TAFS...MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERE WILL BE FEW-SCT MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. THERE COULD BE SOME SHOWERS NEAR KYKM THIS EVENING...BUT THREAT IS VERY LOW ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY WESTERLY AT AROUND 10 KT THIS EVENING...EXCEPT 15-25 KT AT KDLS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND GO TERRAIN DRIVEN IN MOST LOCATIONS EXCEPT KDLS WHERE THEY WILL REMAIN WESTERLY AT 10-20 KT. DRIER CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER WIND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. 82 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 50 77 49 74 / 20 10 20 10 ALW 54 79 53 76 / 20 10 20 10 PSC 54 84 53 81 / 10 10 10 10 YKM 54 82 52 77 / 10 20 20 10 HRI 52 82 51 79 / 10 10 10 10 ELN 54 80 52 76 / 20 20 20 10 RDM 38 76 38 71 / 10 10 10 10 LGD 49 73 44 71 / 30 20 20 20 GCD 44 75 42 73 / 20 20 10 20 DLS 54 74 53 76 / 10 10 10 10 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 97/82/82
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 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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More
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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: 567762.