Wildfire, Klamath
- When
- August 9, 7:00 AM PST to August 10, 8:00 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, August 9 to 10, 2000
A Red Flag Warning was issued for fire weather zones 624/625, or most of Klamath and Lake counties, for expected dry lightning. Thunderstorms occurred throughout southern Oregon during these two days, but only those east of the Cascades were dry.
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, or most of Klamath and Lake counties, for expected dry lightning. Thunderstorms occurred throughout southern Oregon during these two days, but only those east of the Cascades were dry. Most of the thunderstorms on the 9th occurred west of the Cascades, but plenty occurred over the warning area on the 10th. The thunderstorms dissipated or moved on to the east by 2000 PDT.
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
- August 9, 7:00 AM PST to August 10, 8:00 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 Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 9 to 10, 2000
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 2000
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 9 to 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, August 9, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 9, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, August 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, August 9, 2000
- Tornado in Maine, August 9, 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: 5163585, 5163586.