Wildfire — Douglas, Oregon

2002-11-01 · near Countywide, Douglas, Oregon

Wider weather episode

A Red Flag Warning was issued at 1530 PDT on 10/31/02 and cancelled at 1200 PDT on 11/01/02. The warning was for strong ridgetop winds and poor relative humidity recoveries in fire weather zones 618/619/620/621 and southern zone 616. These zones include all or part of the above counties. This warning verified well as RH and wind criteria were met at Red Mound RAWS (618), Onion Mountain RAWS (620), Evans Mountain RAWS (622), Squaw Peak RAWS (621), and Mount Sexton ASOS.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5322550. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.