A human caused wildfire burned around 5,520 acres in the Mount Hood and Clackamas National Forests near Estacada, Oregon. The fire was finally contained in October.
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 PQR wrote it up.
A human caused wildfire burned around 5,520 acres in the Mount Hood and Clackamas National Forests near Estacada, Oregon. The fire was finally contained in October.
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 1:55 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
255 PM PDT SAT SEP 13 2014
.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OFF THE COAST
OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC THROUGH THIS WEEKEND FOR DRY AND MOSTLY
CLEAR WEATHER OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH
WILL REMAIN ALONG THE COAST...NEAR OR JUST OFFSHORE IN THE MORNINGS
AND SLIGHTLY ONSHORE IN THE AFTERNOONS...FOR LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW
EXCEPT LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST WINDS IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...
AND A BIT OF A SEA BREEZE ALONG THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOONS. EXPECT
VERY WARM DAYS AS WELL THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL
START TO WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST LATER MONDAY BUT ESPECIALLY MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH LIFTS NORTH ALONG THE
COAST...INDUCING A SOUTHERLY STRATUS SURGE UP THE COAST MONDAY AND A
SOUTHWEST MARINE PUSH INLAND MONDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY SOME DRIZZLE
ALONG THE COAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE CASCADES LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY
TUESDAY. A MORE ORGANIZED UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED DURING THE SECOND
HALF OF THE WEEK FOR MORE CLOUDS...COOLER WEATHER...AND POSSIBLY SOME
SHOWERS AT TIMES.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL
REMAIN CENTERED OFF THE COAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND FOR DRY AND WARM
WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. A SURFACE
THERMAL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...NEAR OR JUST
OFF THE COAST IN THE MORNINGS AND JUST INLAND IN THE AFTERNOONS. THIS
WILL KEEP THE LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN GOING...THOUGH A SEA BREEZE
WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST. COOLING AT NIGHT EAST OF
THE CASCADES WILL INCREASE THE GRADIENT A BIT AT NIGHT THROUGH THE
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...WHICH IS WHERE SOME EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE.
OTHERWISE THE GENERAL TREND WILL BE A DECREASE IN THE EAST WINDS.
850 MB TEMPS SUGGEST INLAND TEMPS WILL BE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S ON
SUNDAY. THE COAST WILL REMAIN WARM AS WELL WITH A FULL DAY OF
SUNSHINE AND AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE...WITH MID 70S TO LOWER 80S
LIKELY. A FEW BRIEF COASTAL FOG PATCHES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING
BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT.
THE DRY AIR MASS OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME COOL
MORNING LOWS OVER THE AREA AS WELL THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BEGIN WEAKENING AND MOVING OFF TO THE
EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVES NORTH ALONG THE
COAST MONDAY NIGHT. WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE WARM DAY INLAND MONDAY...
BUT A SOUTHERLY WIND REVERSAL AND STRATUS SURGE UP THE COAST IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SOUTHWEST MARINE PUSH
INTO THE INTERIOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SOME DRIZZLE IS
POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.
THE MODELS HAVE BEEN VACILLATING WITH WHETHER SOME CONVECTION OR A
FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY UP THE CASCADES LATE MONDAY INTO
EARLY TUESDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH OR SHORT WAVE LIFTS NORTH ALONG THE
COAST. PER COORDINATION WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES...HAVE ADDED THAT TO
THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE. HAVE NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THE VALLEYS
YET...BUT WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR THAT.
THAT FIRST INITIAL UPPER TROUGH OR SHORT WAVE LIFTS NORTH OF OUR
FORECAST AREA TUESDAY MORNING...SO IT SHOULD DRY OUT. THE MARINE
CLOUDS SHOULD BREAK UP SOME IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A LITTLE
VORTICITY MOVING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT THE MODELS
ARE DRY. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER TUESDAY...CLOSER TO NORMAL. TOLLESON
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF
CONTINUE TO HINT AT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE OVER THE REGION FOR MOST
OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. MOISTURE FROM THE MARINE SURGE ON
TUESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND AMPLITUDE OF THE
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS CREATED A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY
BEYOND THURSDAY. STILL KEEPING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST
FOR THURSDAY AND MOST OF FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING LOOKS TO RETURN
NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR A DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND A
SLIGHT INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE CWA. /64
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE TONIGHT UNDER GENERALLY CLEAR
SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE REGION AS WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW MAINTAINS A DRY
LOWER ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER..THERE IS ABOUT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
PATCHY IFR FOG OR LOW STRATUS TO FORM ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST
INCLUDING KONP.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW MAINTAINS VFR CONDITIONS
THROUGH SUNDAY. CULLEN
&&
.MARINE...SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS REMAIN WEAK OVER THE NE PACIFIC
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN RELATIVELY BENIGN WINDS AND SEAS.
A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS LATE
MONDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS BUT LIKELY ONLY TO AROUND 20 KT. A
STRONGER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING THE FIRST FALL-LIKE FRONT OF THE
SEASON INTO THE WATERS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK...BUT
CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN THE SPECIFIC IMPACTS AND TIMING. CULLEN
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ZONE 602-ZONE 603-
ZONE 604-ZONE 605-ZONE 606-ZONE 607-ZONE 608.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ZONE 604-ZONE 660.
PZ...NONE.
&&
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THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA AS THE FORECAST AREA.1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The 36 Pit Wildfire resulted in evacuations of a RV park and closures of several camp grounds and recreational areas near Estacada, OR. A 5-mile stretch of Highway 224 was closed, as well as some local roads and trails.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 2014
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: 541765.