Lightning caused Corner Creek Fire is burning on the west side of the South Fork John Day River, about 11 miles south of Dayville. The Corner Creek Fire has burned 12,750 acres on the Ochoco National Forest, Bureau of Land Management Prineville District, and private lands.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Lightning caused Corner Creek Fire is burning on the west side of the South Fork John Day River, about 11 miles south of Dayville. The Corner Creek Fire has burned 12,750 acres on the Ochoco National Forest, Bureau of Land Management Prineville District, and private lands. Part of the fire is also in the Black Canyon Wilderness.
Corner Creek Fire is growing rapidly, spreading to the south and southwest. A strong and very visible pyro-cumulus clouds formed over the fire in the afternoon, towering to more than 20,000 feet. Firefighters are protecting structures in the vicinity. Fire crews are attempting to control the fire spread, including clearing fuels near forest roads to the south and west of the fire. These may be used as fire lines for burnout operations.
The South Fork Road/Hwy 42 has been closed to the general public from Dayville to the US Forest Service 58 Road junction due to fire activity. Local traffic should drive with caution due to heavy fire-related traffic.
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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 1:22 PM PST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
222 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES
TO MOVE ACROSS THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS EVENING.
CURRENT SURFACE DEWPOINTS REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH (50-60F) OVER THE AREA
WITH CLOUD COVER BREAKING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EXPECT
THAT CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP OVER THE AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR
OR TWO. 50KT DEEP LAYER OF VERTICAL SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES
OVER NORTHEAST OREGON WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG UPDRAFTS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG WIND GUSTS OUT OF
THUNDERSTORMS. SPC CURRENTLY HAS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS EVENING IN THE UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTY AREA. AREAS TO THE
WEST WILL BE LESS FAVORABLE...BUT MAY STILL SEE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND.
ALL HEAT ADVISORIES WILL EXPIRE TONIGHT AT 8PM...WITH EXCEPTION OF
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. THAT HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN
EXTENDED TO 8 PM TOMORROW. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH 100 TO 105 FOR THE HIGH
TOMORROW.
AS THE SHORTWAVE EXITS TONIGHT WESTERLY FLOW WILL STABILIZE MOST OF
THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...THERE IS MARGINAL
INSTABILITY OVER THE SOUTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY. THEREFORE
DO STILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AREA UP THROUGH JOSEPH.
DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE FOR THE REST OF THE
SHORT TERM. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL TRY TO CREEP IN AND INCREASE MID
LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO ADD THUNDER
INTO THE FORECAST. WEBER
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...EC/GFS AGREE ON RIDGE
FLATTENING BY FRIDAY...BUT DISAGREE ON SOLUTION OVER THE WEEKEND.
GFS REBUILDS RIDGE WITH SOME MOISTURE MOVING NORTH INTO CENTRAL
OREGON ON WEST SIDE OF RIDGE. ECMWF GOES WITH A DRIER WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND LIFTING NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR
NOW WITH GO WITH PERSISTENT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND KEEP LOW
RAIN CHANCES CONFINED TO THE EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS.
&&
.AVIATION...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS TO
PREVAIL. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED UNTIL FROM KPSC AND
KPDT AND EAST TIL 02Z. INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING DRIER AND
MORE STABLE CONDITIONS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...THE RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER
COLUMBIA BASIN WILL LIKELY END AT 4 PM AS ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS
REMAIN AND WINDS ARE NOT GUSTY TO WARRANT A WIDEPSREAD RED FLAG
WARNING. THE WARNING FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACTIVITY HAS WOUND DOWN IN THE JOHN
DAY REGION AND I WILL SOON MAKE A DECISION TO KEEP THIS GOING
THROUGH THE EVENING OR CANCEL DURING THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE.
OVERALL...NO MAJOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY
THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. IT WILL BE HOT WITH LOW
RH'S...BOTH DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME. THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE WALLOWAS ON TUESDAY THAT COULD
CONTRIBUTE TO CUMULUS BUILDUPS...BUT I CANNOT RULE OUT A
THUNDERSTORM IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS WELL. IF THE GFS
VERIFIES...THERE MAY BE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OREGON ON SUNDAY.
WISTER
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 66 97 63 99 / 10 0 0 0
ALW 72 99 69 99 / 10 0 0 0
PSC 69 102 66 102 / 10 0 0 0
YKM 66 97 65 98 / 10 0 0 0
HRI 68 101 64 101 / 10 0 0 0
ELN 65 96 63 100 / 10 0 0 0
RDM 56 94 56 97 / 10 10 10 0
LGD 60 92 55 93 / 20 10 10 0
GCD 58 97 57 100 / 20 10 10 10
DLS 68 98 66 102 / 10 0 0 0
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ641-642-
644.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ643-645.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ044-507.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WAZ643-645.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WAZ641-675.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR WAZ028.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WAZ026-027-029.
&&
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
89/79/79/85PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1221 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0737 PM TSTM WND GST SSE DAYVILLE 44.46N 119.53W
06/28/2015 M69 MPH GRANT OR PUBLIC
SPOTTER MEASURED 69.9 MPH WIND GUST. OUT HOUSES NEARBY
HAD BEEN BLOWN OVER.
&&
DWEBERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Inciweb info.
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