Wildfire in Washington, July 1 to 4, 2018

Name: Wildfire in Washington, July 1 to 4, 2018
Start: 2018-07-01T13:24
End: 2018-07-04T11:13
Location: Washington

July 1 to 4, 2018 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Conrad Fire burned near Naches in Yakima county Washington.

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 Conrad Fire burned near Naches in Yakima county Washington.

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 1, 1:05 PM PST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:05 PM PST, 19 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
205 PM PDT Sun Jul 1 2018

.SHORT TERM...Tonight through Wednesday. Clear skies across the
forecast area this afternoon with a dry northwest flow aloft. Just
a few cumulus over the mountains. An upper level trough and cold
front will be moving into southern BC overnight. Skies will remain
clear to partly cloudy with lows in the 40s to mid 50s. The upper
trough and cold front will move across the region Monday and Mon
night. Moisture with this system is limited and expect partly
cloudy skies. Scattered showers over the Washington Cascades. The
front will result in another breezy day with westerly winds.
Temperatures well below normal with highs mainly in the 70s. Mon
night will be cool with lows in the upper 30s and 40s. The upper
trough moves east on Tuesday with the flow becoming westerly.
Partly cloudy skies early then becoming mostly sunny. Lighter
winds. A larger upper level low will then set up offshore on
Wednesday. Southwest flow will bring a warming trend with highs in
the upper 70s and 80s. Skies will be partly cloudy. 94

.LONG TERM...Wednesday night through Sunday...GFS/ECMWF in general
agreement into Friday, with mid/upper level low pressure digging
well offshore the WA/OR coast. Southwest flow aloft will result in
dry conditions through Friday with hotter temperatures, with highs
Thursday and Friday in the lower to mid 90s for the lowest
elevations. GFS/ECMWF/Canadian models still differ somewhat Friday
night/Saturday with the ejection of the offshore trough across the
Pacific Northwest, with the Canadian model deeper with the trough as
it ejects across the region, resulting in a decent swath of precip
Friday night/early Saturday. ECMWF ans GFS are not quite as potent,
but still have enough deep moisture/lift for at least some precip.
Thus, will raise PoPs Friday night/Saturday, with low end chance
PoPs late Friday night/early Saturday, decreasing later in the day
as the trough moves off to the east. Behind the trough, the flow
will become westerly with dry conditions expected for late Saturday
through Sunday. Temperatures will cool to near normal Saturday and
Sunday along and in the wake of the trough passage.

.AVIATION...00Z TAFs...VFR conditions will prevail for the next 24
hours. Mainly clear skies can be expected through tonight, with some
increase in upper level clouds Monday. Winds 15-25 KT with gusts of
22-32 KT can be expected through this evening, with the greatest
winds at DLS/PDT. Some decrease in winds will occur overnight, with
another round of winds 15-25 KT with gusts to 30 KT expected Monday
afternoon.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT  52  73  46  77 /   0   0  10  10
ALW  53  76  48  78 /   0  10  10  10
PSC  53  78  49  80 /   0   0  10  10
YKM  49  74  47  79 /   0   0  10  10
HRI  54  78  48  80 /   0   0  10  10
ELN  49  68  47  76 /   0  10  10  10
RDM  44  73  35  77 /   0   0   0   0
LGD  46  70  41  72 /   0   0  10  10
GCD  46  71  40  75 /   0   0   0  10
DLS  53  73  49  82 /   0   0  10  10

&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.
WA...None.
&&

94/80/80

The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Yakima Valley

When: July 1, 1:24 PM PST to July 4, 11:13 AM PST
Where: Yakima Valley forecast zone
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 46.457, -120.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Conrad Fire in Yakima has burned 5,354 acres as of 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday the 3rd. Washington Department of Natural Resources officials said the fire is 85% contained. On Sunday evening, the 1st, nearly 50 homes in the area of Box Canyon and Conrad roads were evacuated. WADNR said no structures are threatened as of the 3rd.

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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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: 763937.