Thunderstorm Wind in Wheeler County, Oregon

Thunderstorm Wind June 4, 2009 · Wheeler County, Oregon

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Six large juniper trees were uprooted or split. Other trees lost large limbs. A 25 foot section of 1/8 inch steel panel was blown off a cow shelter.

The wider storm

An unusually moist and unstable air mass combined with daytime heating to produce thunderstorms with damaging wind, heavy rainfall, and locally large hail.

Began near Spray (44.8300, -119.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 163035. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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