The Boze fire in the Tiller Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest was started by lightning on 09/13/09 at 0922 PDT. As of 10/05/09, it was at 16725 acres and containment was unknown.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
The Boze fire in the Tiller Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest was started by lightning on 09/13/09 at 0922 PDT. As of 10/05/09, it was at 16725 acres and containment was unknown. Fire behavior was described as smoldering. Total fire fighting costs were 7.0 million dollars as of 10/05/09. No additional information was released after 10/05/09.
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 Sep 30, 7:40 PM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
840 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2009
.DISCUSSION...NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST PLANNED THIS EVENING.
SATELLITE SHOWS GENERALLY SCATTERED CLOUDS MAINLY OVER DOUGLAS
COUNTY OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION IS CLEARING. IT WILL BE
ANOTHER COLD NIGHT EAST OF THE CASCADES WHERE SOME LOCATIONS WILL
SEE LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN THE UPPER TEENS TO
LOWER 20S. A FREEZE WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THESE
LOCATIONS.
&&
.AVIATION...INLAND...VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. COAST...VFR
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. LOCAL AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR ORZ029-ORZ030-
ORZ031.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR ORZ024-ORZ025-
ORZ026.
CA...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR CAZ084-CAZ085.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR CAZ080-CAZ081-
CAZ082.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE.
RHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 249 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2009 CAZ084-085-ORZ029>031-011600- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 249 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED. CAZ080>082-ORZ023-024-026-011600- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-JACKSON COUNTY- 249 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Boze fire in the Tiller Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest was started by lightning on 09/13/09 at 0922 PDT. As of 10/05/09, it was at 16725 acres and containment was unknown. Fire behavior was described as smoldering.
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