Wildfire, Douglas
- When
- August 6, 7:00 AM PST to 2:45 PM PST
- Where
- Douglas County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.285, -123.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Wildfire in Oregon, August 6, 2000
A Red Flag Warning was issued for dry lightning in fire weather zones 623/624/625 and eastern 617. This included eastern Douglas and Jackson counties, and nearly all of Lake and Klamath county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 dry lightning in fire weather zones 623/624/625 and eastern 617. This included eastern Douglas and Jackson counties, and nearly all of Lake and Klamath county. The warning was cancelled for eastern 617 and 623 at 14:45 and for the remainder of the area at 18:45 PDT. This turned out to be a good call. No thunderstorm activity was recorded over 617 and 623, but the Lakeview Interagency Fire Center did report that some dry lightning occurred in zone 625.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Jackson
- When
- August 6, 7:00 AM PST to 2:45 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.432, -122.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Wildfire, Klamath
- When
- August 6, 7:00 AM PST to 6:45 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, Lake
- When
- August 6, 7:00 AM PST to 6:45 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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 2000
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: 5175630, 5175631, 5175632, 5175633.