Lightning — Douglas, Oregon

2002-07-22 · near Countywide, Douglas, Oregon

Event narrative

See below.

Wider weather episode

A Red Flag Warning for dry lightning was issued for fire weather zones 616/617/619/620/621/622/623/624/625 at 0635 PDT on 07/22/02and expired at 1730 PDT on 07/22/02. These zones include all or part of the counties listed above.Numerous thunderstorms did develop this day...mostly east of the Cascades. Some of the initial strikes may have been dry...but the thunderstorms this day were wet for the most part. Some fire starts did occur anyway.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5304234. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.