Hail in Lake County, Oregon

Hail August 12, 2013 · Lake County, Oregon

1.75 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 12/1830 PST a member of the public reported scanner reports from Oregon State Police stating that golf ball sized hail fell at milepost 27 on Oregon Highway 31. There were several inches of accumulated hail at the site. Earlier, at 22/1747 PST, a spotter 6 W Fort Rock reported one inch or greater hail between Fort Rock and Oregon Highway 31.

The wider storm

Monsoonal moisture combined with passing upper level disturbances to create thunderstorms over southern Oregon. Some of these storms became severe.

Began near Ft Rock (43.3600, -121.2000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 462686. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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