Lightning in Crook County, Oregon

Lightning May 14, 2016 · Crook County, Oregon

$100K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning started a house fire. Approx damage to house when fire was put out was around 100,000 dollars.

The wider storm

Negative tilt trough moved through the pacific northwest the afternoon of May 14th. Most thunderstorms produced heavy rain by evening, but some storms were producing Nickel to quarter sized hail. Hail reports in inches are as followed: 1.00 in the city of Dale, 0.88 1 mile NNE of Powell Butte, and 0.88 7 miles SW of Sunriver.

Began near Goering Airstrip (44.0700, -121.3100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 630424. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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