Wildfire, Klamath
- When
- July 1, 6:45 AM PST to July 2, 12:55 AM 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, July 1 to 2, 2000
The warning was due to forecast moderate northwest winds 15 to 25 mph and low minimum relative humidities between 15 and 20 percent. Verifying data was not available.
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 at the above time for fire weather zones 624/625, which includes most of Klamath and Lake counties.The warning was due to forecast moderate northwest winds 15 to 25 mph and low minimum relative humidities between 15 and 20 percent. Verifying data was not available.
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
- July 1, 6:45 AM PST to July 2, 12:55 AM 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
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 1 to 4, 2000
- Rip Current in New Jersey, July 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 1 to 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, July 1, 2000
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Cold in New York, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in New Mexico, July 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 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: 5153698, 5153699.