Wildfire, Klamath
- When
- October 4, 7:00 AM PST to 11:15 PM PST
- Where
- Klamath County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Wildfire in Oregon, October 4, 1999
A Red Flag Warning was issued for fire weather zones 624/625 at 0700 PDT on 10/04/99 and cancelled at 2315 PDT on 10/04/99. The warning was for low humidities combined with gusty south winds.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
A Red Flag Warning was issued for fire weather zones 624/625 at 0700 PDT on 10/04/99 and cancelled at 2315 PDT on 10/04/99. The warning was for low humidities combined with gusty south winds. The warning was cancelled after the winds subsided and humidities recovered.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Lake
- When
- October 4, 7:00 AM PST to 11:15 PM PST
- Where
- Lake County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
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
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, October 4, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, October 4, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in Vermont, October 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in Vermont, October 4, 1999
- Hail in Ohio, October 4, 1999
- Cold in Wisconsin, October 4, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, October 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: 5717046, 5717047.