The Bar Complex Fire burned through the month of September. 3 million, and the estimated containment date was 10/15/06.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
The Bar Complex Fire burned through the month of September. As of 10/03/06, the amount spent on the wildfire was 55.3 million, and the estimated containment date was 10/15/06. 97320 acres were burned, and it was 43% contained.
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 Aug 31, 8:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
900 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2006
.DISCUSSION...NO CHANGES OVER LAND AREAS THIS EVENING. THE OCEAN IS
A DIFFERENT MATTER. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW GALES SO HAVE
UPDATED THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST TO REMOVE GALE WARNINGS AND
REPLACE THEM WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES.
.PREV DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD FURTHER INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST FRIDAY. MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
THE THERMAL TROUGH EXTENDS NORTH TO THE SOUTH OREGON COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE BROOKINGS EFFECT IS WELL UNDERWAY WITH THE
TEMPERATURE ALREADY INTO THE 80S AT NOON. THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL
EXTEND FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE OREGON COAST OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. ON
SATURDAY THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE CASCADES WITH
WEAK ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING. ON SATURDAY THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS A
LITTLE EAST AND A SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. AS FAR AS
POSSIBLE CONVECTION...HAVE ADDED IN ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FOR MODOC AND LAKE COUNTIES. THE GFS MODEL
SHOWS ALL OF THE BEST DYNAMICS OVER THIS AREA. BY SUNDAY THE RIDGE
SHIFTS FURTHER EAST OVER IDAHO AND THE BETTER DYNAMICS ALSO SHIFT TO
THE EAST OF OUR REGION.
IN THE EXTENDED....TO BEGIN THE PERIOD MONDAY THE REGION IS IN
BETWEEN A LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA AND A STRONG RIDGE TO OUR EAST
NEAR 110W. THE GFS SHOWS THE RIDGE TEMPORARILY BUILDING INTO THE
REGION MORE STRONGLY TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER OUR AREA WHILE STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW IS
FORECAST ACROSS WASHINGTON. THE ENSEMBLE MEANS CHARTS SHOW THE SAME
GENERAL PATTERN THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOOKS LIKE A DRY PATTERN FOR
AWHILE.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR ALL AREAS THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FLORENCE TO CA BORDER
0-60 NM THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS FLORENCE TO CA BORDER
0-60 NM THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS OR BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE
0-60 NM THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS OR BORDER TO PT
ST GEORGE 0-60 NM THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
&&
SARGEHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 251 AM PDT THU AUG 31 2006 CAZ084-085-ORZ029>031-311600- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN-MODOC COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- 251 AM PDT THU AUG 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY COOLER AIR AND CLEARING SKIES WHICH CAME BEHIND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW 30S IN THE VALLEYS AND FROST CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE CASCADES...A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3AM THROUGH 9AM THIS MORNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. BUNKER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
See below.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 2006
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: 5531828.