Lightning sparked a wildfire in southeast Sisikiyou County on 07/26/06. This fire became known as the Lakin fire.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
Lightning sparked a wildfire in southeast Sisikiyou County on 07/26/06. This fire became known as the Lakin fire. I was contained on 08/06/06 at 507 acres. The amount spent on fire fighting efforts was not available. No structures were lost.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 7:35 AM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 PDT WED JUL 26 2006
.DISCUSSION...LOW CLOUDS EXTEND ALONG MOST OF THE COAST AND INLAND
THROUGH COOS COUNTY. CLEAR SKIES PREVAIL ELSEWHERE. EXPECT LOW
CLOUDS TO CLEAR JUST OFF THE COAST BY MIDDAY. LITTLE CHANGE WITH THE
PATTERN AS THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY...THEN BEGINS TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN FRIDAY AS A TROUGH
APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
&&
.AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS IN LOW STRATUS ALONG MOST OF THE
COAST AND EXTENDS INLAND THROUGH THE COQUILLE BASIN. EXPECT VFR
CONDITIONS BY NOON. VFR ELSEWHERE.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND SEAS THRU THU
EVENING...0-60 NM FLORENCE OR TO CAPE BLANCO OR.
GALE WARNING THROUGH TUE EVENING...0-60 NM CAPE BLANCO OR
TO THE OR/CA BORDER.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THROUGH TUE EVENING...0-60 NM CAPE
BLANCO OR TO THE OR/CA BORDER.
.CA...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUES EVENING...0-60 NM OR/CA BORDER TO
PT ST GEORGE CA.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THROUGH TUES EVENING...0-60 NM OR/CA
BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.
&&
HOLTZThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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