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Event Details
| Event | Lightning |
| State | OREGON |
| County/Area | JEFFERSON |
| WFO | PDT |
| Begin Date | 08/05/2012 19:29:00 PST-8 |
| Begin Range | 5 |
| Begin Azimuth | SW |
| Begin Location | OPAL CITY |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 44.41/-121.21 |
| End Date | 08/05/2012 19:29:00 PST-8 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.50K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | An upper level disturbance moving across central Oregon into a hot and unstable atmosphere brought locally severe thunderstorms with large hail, heavy rainfall, and lightning that started wildfires. The Waterfalls2 Fire was started by lightning on August 4 about 22 miles west of Warm Springs. It burned 12, 265 acres before containment on September 15. The Geneva Fire was started by lightning and burned 1337 acres of juniper, sage, and grass 8.5 miles west of Culver between August 6 and 9. |
| Event Narrative | Lightning causes a power outage in the Crooked River Ranch subdivision. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 100.60K | 0.00K | |||||||
| EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES (ZONE) | EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES (ZONE) | OR | 08/04/2012 | 18:00 | PST-8 | Wildfire | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES (ZONE) | EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES (ZONE) | OR | 08/04/2012 | 20:00 | PST-8 | Wildfire | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LAVA BUTTE | DESCHUTES CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 17:50 | PST-8 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BEND | DESCHUTES CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 18:00 | PST-8 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SISTERS | DESCHUTES CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 19:00 | PST-8 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 0.10K | 0.00K | |
| SISTERS | DESCHUTES CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 19:00 | PST-8 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 5.00K | 0.00K | |
| OPAL CITY | JEFFERSON CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 19:29 | PST-8 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 0.50K | 0.00K | |
| SISTERS | DESCHUTES CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 19:50 | PST-8 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K | |
| BEND | DESCHUTES CO. | OR | 08/05/2012 | 19:57 | PST-8 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 75.00K | 0.00K | |
| EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES (ZONE) | EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES (ZONE) | OR | 08/06/2012 | 11:22 | PST-8 | Wildfire | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 100.60K | 0.00K |
