Wildfire, Okanogan Valley
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM PST to August 6, 5:00 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)
Wildfire in Washington, August 1 to 6, 2008
The Green Lake Fire, centered five miles west of Omak, burned 2,614 acres. The fire start date was July 31st.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 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 Green Lake Fire, centered five miles west of Omak, burned 2,614 acres. The fire start date was July 31st.
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 Jul 31, 9:42 PM PST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 9:42 PM PST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1042 PM PDT THU JUL 31 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COASTLINE WILL KEEP THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COOL AND BREEZY FOR THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... A MINOR FORECAST UPDATE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FOR THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS. AT 10 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT OMAK WAS 80F AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THERE TONIGHT AND A LACK OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING FROM PRECIP WILL RESULT IN A MILD NIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE. THIS INCLUDES THE FORECAST FOR RAIN NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WA CASCADES AS STEHEKIN AND FIRST BUTTE RAWS HAVE BOTH RECEIVED LIGHT MEASURABLE PRECIP IN THE LAST COUPLE HOURS. JW && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT EACH TAF SITE THROUGH 06Z/2ND. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL TRACK THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BRINGING INCREASING CLOUD COVER MAINLY FROM 6-15K FEET ABOVE MSL. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF BREEZY CONDITIONS. JW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 54 78 52 79 52 81 / 0 10 0 10 0 10 COEUR DALENE 51 77 51 79 49 81 / 0 20 10 10 0 10 PULLMAN 47 78 47 78 44 81 / 0 10 0 10 0 10 LEWISTON 59 87 60 86 57 87 / 0 0 0 10 0 10 COLVILLE 48 81 46 82 43 85 / 10 20 10 10 0 10 SANDPOINT 48 75 47 77 43 79 / 0 20 10 10 10 10 KELLOGG 54 75 54 77 51 78 / 0 20 10 10 10 10 MOSES LAKE 61 83 52 85 52 86 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 WENATCHEE 60 81 57 84 59 86 / 10 10 0 0 0 0 OMAK 58 83 50 84 52 87 / 10 10 0 0 0 0 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. WA...NONE. &&
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 5, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Texas, August 1 to 2, 2008
- Coastal Flood in Alaska, August 1, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 1 to 3, 2008
- Heat in Nevada, August 1 to 4, 2008
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 2, 2008
- Rip Current in New Jersey, August 1, 2008
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 1 to 3, 2008
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 18, 2008
- Flash Flood in Vermont, August 1 to 2, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 1, 2008
More
Every storm in Washington in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, August 2008
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: 131617.