Lake Spokane Fire started on July 20 by suspected human cause. It was located 12 miles northwest of Spokane.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 OTX wrote it up.
Lake Spokane Fire started on July 20 by suspected human cause. It was located 12 miles northwest of Spokane.
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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:56 PM PST, 22 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 356 PM PDT Sat Jul 19 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Cooling temperatures back into the 70s and 80s through Tuesday. - Shower and thunderstorm chances increase over the Northern Mountains Sunday and expand regionwide Monday and Tuesday. - Elevated flash flooding potential for burn scars and areas of steep terrain Monday and Tuesday due to slow-moving nature of storms. && .SYNOPSIS... Slightly cooler temperatures are expected through Tuesday with slow-moving showers and thunderstorms in the forecast each afternoon and evening. A warming and drying trend will prevail Wednesday onward as low pressure moves out of the area. && .DISCUSSION... Rest of Today: Aside from isolated convective showers across the far northeastern corner of WA and the northern edge of the ID panhandle, conditions will be dry for the rest of today with breezy westerly winds lingering into the evening through the Cascade gaps and over much of the Basin. Sunday through Tuesday: As an upper-level trough deepens over the Inland Northwest through the weekend and into early next week, temperatures will cool, and increased instability will bring opportunities for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings. Tomorrow will feature highs in the low to mid 80s with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms in the northern mountains along the Canadian border. By Monday, temperatures will cool further into the mid to upper 70s, and chances for showers and thunderstorms will expand throughout the region. The northern third of the region including the North Cascades, Okanogan Valley, Colville, Sandpoint, and Bonners Ferry will be looking at a 50 to 80% chance of showers with a 30% chance of embedded thunderstorms. For the southern two- thirds of the region chances will be slightly lower with a 40% chance of showers and a 10% chance of thunderstorms. Tuesday's chances are looking similar to Monday's but with the highest probabilities expanded southeastward to include Deer Park, Coeur d'Alene, and Kellogg. Weak winds aloft suggest any storms that develop will move rather slowly, increasing the risk for flash flooding particularly over recent burn scars and areas of steep terrain. Storm motion, instability, and the amount of moisture available in the atmosphere will all be important parameters to monitor over the next few days. Wednesday Onward: Heading into the second half of the week, temperatures will warm back into the 80s and 90s and chances for precip will dwindle as the trough shifts out of the region. Aside from marginal fire weather concerns with dry conditions and typical diurnal breeziness, no hazards are anticipated during this period. /Fewkes && .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS: VFR conditions through the 24 hour period with westerly gusts around 15-25 kts Saturday afternoon and evening. The best chances for 25+ kt gusts are for Central WA (KEAT) through 06z Sun. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence that VFR conditions will continue at all TAF sites. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Spokane 57 81 60 75 56 79 / 0 0 10 30 30 30 Coeur d'Alene 57 81 59 76 55 77 / 0 0 10 40 40 40 Pullman 54 77 54 73 50 79 / 0 0 10 40 20 20 Lewiston 65 86 65 83 62 87 / 0 0 20 40 10 10 Colville 47 80 49 73 47 77 / 10 30 20 60 50 60 Sandpoint 52 77 55 73 52 72 / 10 10 10 50 60 70 Kellogg 59 77 61 70 57 74 / 0 0 10 50 40 50 Moses Lake 57 83 61 81 57 87 / 0 0 10 30 20 10 Wenatchee 62 84 65 79 63 85 / 0 10 10 50 20 30 Omak 58 87 60 78 58 85 / 0 30 30 70 40 50 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WA...None. ID...None. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake Spokane Fire started on July 19 by suspected human cause. It was located 12 miles northwest of Spokane. It burned 2506 acres of timber. It also destroyed 1 outbuilding. It was contained on July 31. Cost is estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, July 2025
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: 1288306.