Wildfire — Lake, Oregon

2000-08-06 · near Countywide, Lake, Oregon

Event narrative

See below.

Wider weather episode

A Red Flag Warning was issued for dry lightning in fire weather zones 623/624/625 and eastern 617. This included eastern Douglas and Jackson counties, and nearly all of Lake and Klamath county. The warning was cancelled for eastern 617 and 623 at 14:45 and for the remainder of the area at 18:45 PDT. This turned out to be a good call. No thunderstorm activity was recorded over 617 and 623, but the Lakeview Interagency Fire Center did report that some dry lightning occurred in zone 625.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5175633. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.