Wildfire, Klamath
- When
- August 18, 2:25 PM PST
- Where
- Klamath County, Klamath Falls
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Wildfire in Oregon, August 18 to 19, 1999
Based on reports of dry lightning, a Red Flag Warning was issued for fire zones 624/625 (Klamath and Lake counties) at 1425 PDT and expired at 1900 PDT. At least four fires were sparked by lightning during this time.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
Based on reports of dry lightning, a Red Flag Warning was issued for fire zones 624/625 (Klamath and Lake counties) at 1425 PDT and expired at 1900 PDT. At least four fires were sparked by lightning during this time.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Lake
- When
- August 18, 2:25 PM PST
- Where
- Lake County, Lakeview
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Wildfire, Klamath
- When
- August 19, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Klamath County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Klamath Falls observer reported at least four lightning sparked blazes in Klamath and Lake counties.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 18, 1999
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 18, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 18, 1999
- Hail in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Heat in Georgia, August 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, August 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5711243, 5711244, 5711245.