Thunderstorm Wind — Jackson, Oregon

2015-07-07 · near South Medford, Jackson, Oregon

Event narrative

The Mail Tribune newspaper and the police scanner indicated that numerous trees were knocked down in the Medford area. Some fell into power lines, causing multiple power outages. Other fell into vehicles and homes. Lightning also was the suspected cause of at least one structure fire.

Wider weather episode

A strong thunderstorm developed at the head of the Rogue Valley on the evening of 7/7/15. This storm spawned damaging winds from Ashland to Medford and small hail as well.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 578702. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.