Wildfire, North Central Oregon
- When
- July 26, 3:45 PM PST to July 31, 5:35 PM PST
- Where
- North Central Oregon forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 45.283, -120.928 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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Wildfire in Oregon, July 26 to 31, 2018
The Long Hollow fire started from farm equipment in a field 5 miles southeast of Dufur, Oregon. The fire was first reported Thursday July 26th, and it quickly spread that afternoon and evening and into the Deschutes River canyon.
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 PDT wrote it up.
The Long Hollow fire started from farm equipment in a field 5 miles southeast of Dufur, Oregon. The fire was first reported Thursday July 26th, and it quickly spread that afternoon and evening and into the Deschutes River canyon. Firefighters coordinated the fire alongside Wasco and Sherman Counties and local rangeland fire protection association firefighters. This was Wasco and Sherman County’s third major fire this season.
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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 1:33 PM PST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:33 PM PST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pendleton OR 233 PM PDT Thu Jul 26 2018 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Sunday...The region is in a dry westerly flow regime between a ridge over the Desert SW and an elongated trough over southern BC. The BC trough is forecast to settle southward into central WA over the next two days before shifting east into MT bringing limited moisture and instability to the nrn tier of the forecast area. At the present time the best potential for isolated thunderstorms will be late Friday afternoon and evening along the east slopes of the Washington Cascades. This activity could drift into western portions of the Kittitas and Yakima Valleys before weakening. By Saturday most of the forcing for ascent will be absent but a little lingering instability may support a very isolated thunderstorm Saturday afternoon/early evening over Kittitas County near the crest. Otherwise...the rest of the forecast will be dry with mostly clear skies and hot daytime temperatures. Highs Friday and Saturday will be 93-101 in the lower elevations with 80s in the mountains. It will be hotter sunday with highs in the Columbia Basin and adjacent valleys 101-105 and 85-95 mountains. Some heat highlights may be needed by Sunday. 78 .LONG TERM...Sunday night through Thursday...A ridge of high pressure will amplify over the region Monday and into Tuesday before an upper level trough off the coast begins to move inland. Temperatures will be hottest Monday and into Tuesday with some slight cooling Tuesday afternoon in the western portion of the forecast area as a marine push gets underway producing breezy conditions. The upper level trough will move into the region Wednesday and Thursday bringing cooler temperatures which will return us to near normal temperatures and continued locally breezy conditions. There is no clear chance of precipitation but will need to watch Monday and Tuesday for any sign of monsoonal moisture being pulled into eastern Oregon. && .AVIATION...00Z TAFS...VFR conditions will persist across all taf sites tonight with clear skies and generally light winds less than 10kts. Stronger winds up to 15kts possible through this evening at KRDM...KBDN...and KDLS. Similar conditions expected on Friday except for a few mid to high level cu development near KYKM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 66 96 63 97 / 0 0 0 0 ALW 65 99 65 100 / 0 0 0 0 PSC 64 100 64 101 / 0 0 0 10 YKM 64 97 64 98 / 0 0 10 0 HRI 64 101 63 101 / 0 0 0 0 ELN 62 92 61 97 / 10 10 20 10 RDM 51 94 51 95 / 0 0 0 0 LGD 55 92 55 93 / 0 0 0 0 GCD 59 95 55 96 / 0 0 0 0 DLS 65 100 66 101 / 0 0 0 0 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...None. WA...None. && 78/91/84
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 26, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, July 26, 2018
More
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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: 764084.