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Wildfire in Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California

Wildfire September 11, 2017 · Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Various lightning strikes sparked 15 fires in Monterey County that were contained on the same day http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/13/crews-contain-15-fires-started-by-lightning-in-monterey-county/. Timing has been estimated.

The wider storm

A disturbance rotating around an upper level low west of San Diego brought thunderstorm activity to the Bay Area on September 11. Widespread reports of lightning were received along with a few small hail reports and strong wind gusts. It has been reported that there were over 40,000 lightning strikes across the Central Coast of California during this event. Several brush fires were also ignited due to lightning strikes.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 719054. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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