Kirk Complex (consisted of Tassajara, Five, Big Pine, Elephant, Lone Pine, Freed, 7, Torre, Devil, Kirk and Hare Fires) Complex was divided into the North and South Components). Cause: Lightning strikesLocation: In the Ventana Wilderness approximately 20 miles Southeast of Carmel, CA.
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The episode as NWS MTR wrote it up.
A surface low off the CA Coast brought tropical moisure and mild istability over the coastal CA are and lightning continued through the night over the entire Central Coast and San Francisco Bay area.Kirk Complex (consisted of Tassajara, Five, Big Pine, Elephant, Lone Pine, Freed, 7, Torre, Devil, Kirk and Hare Fires) Complex was divided into the North and South Components). Cause: Lightning strikesLocation: In the Ventana Wilderness approximately 20 miles Southeast of Carmel, CA. Monterey Co. Size: 85,634 acres (as of 10/19/99)Containment: OctoberFatalities: noneStructures Lost: noneCost: $66.9 million (as of 10/19/99)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 1999
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