Wildfire — Josephine, Oregon

2000-10-03 to 2000-10-05 · near Countywide, Josephine, Oregon

Event narrative

See below.

Wider weather episode

Due to a forecast offshore wind event, a Red Flag Warning was issued for fire weather zone 618 at 0730 PDT on 10/03. The warning area was expanded to include zones 619 and western 620 at 1500 PDT on 10/03. The offshore event did occur, and it lasted for two nights. Verifying winds (20 mph or greater) were reported on the morning of 10/03 and 10/04 at Red Mound RAWS (zone 618) and on the morning of 10/04 and 10/05 at Onion Mountain RAWS (zone 620). There were several other reports that just missed meeting the criteria, and overnight humidity recoveries were poor. Overall, this warning verified well, even though it was a relatively moderate offshore wind event.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5157715. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.