Wildfire in Washington, August 30 to 31, 2007

Name: Wildfire in Washington, August 30 to 31, 2007
Start: 2007-08-30T00:00
End: 2007-08-31T23:59
Location: Washington

August 30 to 31, 2007 · NWS OTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The South Omak Lake Fire, centered 11 miles southeast of Omak, was a human caused fire that burned 10,500 acres.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 OTX wrote it up.

The South Omak Lake Fire, centered 11 miles southeast of Omak, was a human caused fire that burned 10,500 acres.

What forecasters said that day

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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 8:23 PM PST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 8:23 PM PST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
923 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BRINGING A RETURN OF SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES.
MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW WITH READINGS
GENERALLY TEN TO TWELVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE ARRIVAL OF A
COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG
WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
REST OF TONIGHT...PREVIOUS FCST PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK...AND WEVE
MADE ONLY A FEW CHANGES TO THE LOW TEMPS FCST FOR THURSDAY MORNING.
THE FOCUS WILL BE ON HOW FAR N THE THUNDER CURRENTLY MOVING SLOWLY
NWD THRU CNTRL OREGON REACHES OVERNIGHT. WEAK SHORT- WAVE TROF OVER
SRN OREGON/NRN CALIF SHOULD REACH CNTRL/NRN OREGON LATE TONIGHT.
THE CNTRL OREGON THUNDER APPEARS TO BE TIED MORE TO THE HIGHER
TERRAIN NEAR OR CLOSE TO THE CASCADES. HOWEVER...THIS IS NOT
COMPLETELY CLEAR...AND THERE STILL IS A BIT UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE
DEGREE TO WHICH THE CHARACTER OF THE THUNDER TRANSITIONS FROM SFC-
BASED TO ELEVATED THE REST OF TONIGHT. ASSUMING THE SFC SHORTLY
BECOMES CAPPED...WELL HAVE TO RELY ON THE LG-SCALE LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK VORT MAX ACTING ON ANY POTENTIAL
INSTABILITY ABOVE ABOUT 700MB OR SO. THOUGH THE INSTABILITY AND
LIFT WILL BE PRESENT...ITS NOT IMPRESSIVE. AND GIVEN THE
SIGNIFICANTLY DEEP DRY LYR BELOW 700MB...THE CHANCE OF ANY THUNDER
REACHING ERN WA LATE TONIGHT SEEMS VERY LOW AT BEST. WELL
CONTINUE WITH THE DRY FCST FOR TONIGHT...DISCOUNTING THE WET GFS.
AS THE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED INSTABILITY CONTINUES ITS NWD
TRACK...THE CHANCE OF THUNDER WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY THURSDAY. BZ

&&

.AVIATION...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER WILL REMAIN IN THE FCST FOR
THE KLWS TAF THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THIS SLIGHT CHANCE
EXPANDING SLOWLY NWD TO KPUW BY 06Z FRI. OUTSIDE OF THIS THUNDER
THREAT...THE ONLY OTHER NOTE OF SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE AREAS OF OVERNIGHT
FOG N OF KEAT...AND ESPECIALLY INTO THE LAKE CHELAN REGION...FROM
THE DOMKE LAKE FIRE. VSBY NOT EXPECTED TO BE RESTRICTED AT KEAT
FROM THIS SMOKE. VFR WX ELSEWHERE THROUGH 06Z FRI. WINDS TO REMAIN
LIGHT ALL SITES...OUTSIDE OF A LOW CONVECTIVE GUST POTENTIAL NEAR
KLWS WITH ANY THUNDER THURSDAY. BZ

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        57  91  60  84  57  81 /   0   0  10  20  40   0
COEUR DALENE  53  93  59  85  57  82 /   0   0  10  40  50   0
PULLMAN        48  94  54  84  53  82 /   0  10  10  40  60  10
LEWISTON       61  97  65  89  62  88 /   0  10  10  40  70  10
COLVILLE       47  95  49  88  48  84 /   0   0  10  50  30   0
SANDPOINT      45  90  50  83  52  80 /   0   0  10  50  50   0
KELLOGG        47  90  59  84  56  80 /   0  10  10  50  70  10
MOSES LAKE     56  96  59  88  55  86 /   0   0  10  10  10   0
WENATCHEE      62  93  64  87  59  84 /   0   0  10  10  10   0
OMAK           54  95  59  90  56  84 /   0   0  10  10  10   0

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
     EVENING FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...COEUR DALENE
     AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
     EVENING FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE...
     LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...LEWISTON AREA.

WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
     EVENING FOR MOSES LAKE AREA...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...
     OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...
     WASHINGTON PALOUSE...WATERVILLE PLATEAU.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
     NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 3:16 PM PST, 8 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
416 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

WAZ032-041>043-302330-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...
MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE
416 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON.

WAZ031-302330-
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANATONE...PEOLA
416 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON.

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
   RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 9 PM PDT
     FRIDAY.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   PDXRFWPDT  /WWUS86 KPDT/

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IS
EXPECTED TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE FORM OF
NEW FIRE STARTS.

IDZ003-004-302330-
IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...
PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
416 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO.

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
  FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
     FRIDAY EVENING.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   SEARFWOTX  /WWUS86 KOTX/

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS FORECAST...THERE WILL
BE A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRE STARTS SINCE FUELS ARE VERY
DRY OVER THE REGION.

IDZ001-002-WAZ033>038-044-302330-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...PULLMAN...
MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...
COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD
416 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON.

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
   FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
     FRIDAY EVENING.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   SEARFWOTX  /WWUS86 KOTX/

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS FORECAST...THERE WILL
BE A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRE STARTS SINCE FUELS ARE VERY
DRY OVER THE REGION.

IDZ026-027-302330-
LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER
416 PM PDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
IDAHO.

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
   FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
     THURSDAY EVENING.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   GTFRFWMSO  /WWUS85 KMSO/

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY OVER THE IDAHO
PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS FORECAST...THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED
POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRE STARTS SINCE FUELS ARE VERY DRY OVER THE
REGION.

The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Okanogan Valley

When: August 30, 12:00 AM PST to August 31, 11:59 PM PST
Where: Okanogan Valley forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 48.143, -119.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Washington in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, August 2007

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: 53476.