Wildfire in Josephine County, Oregon

Wildfire September 21, 2003 – September 23, 2003 · Josephine County, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

See below.

The wider storm

A Red Flag Warning effective at the above listed time was issued for an offshore wind event with poor overnight RH recoveries for Fire Weather zones 618/619/Western 620. This warning included nearly all of Curry and Josephine counties, as well as a small portion of southern Coos county.This warning verified well at the Red Mound RAWS (zone 618), nearly verified at Quail Prairie (zone 619, but did not verify at the Onion Mountain RAWS (zone 620). However, it was a significant offshore event and the warning was justified.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5375290. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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