(UPDATED) Thunderstorm Near Willow Creek, Fire in Del Norte
A thunderstorm is developing near the Willow Creek area, and the National Weather Service is advising people not to drive if they see flooding. Here are some posts from their twitter page.
Thunderstorm developing south of #WillowCreek Anyone seeing this? Pics? #cawx
— NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) June 9, 2015
Heavy rain and thunder reported in Willow Creek at the Hwy 96 and 299 intersection. Remember don’t drive through flooded roads!
— NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) June 9, 2015
A strong thunderstorm NE of Salyer is moving to southwest. It is expected to impact Salyer and HWY 299 with hvy rain and small hail.
— NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) June 9, 2015
Additionally, a “lightning storm” made it’s way through Del Norte County last night, and multiple agencies reported at least one fire as a result of the lightning strikes.
Facebook post from the U.S. Forest Service – Six Rivers National Forest:
Last night’s lightning storm that blew through Del Norte County has sparked multiple wildfires on the Gasquet Ranger District/Smith River National Recreation Area. The largest of these fires is the Devil Fire, near Ship Mountain, off of Gordon Mountain Road. This wind-driven fire, currently 40 acres in size, is burning in mixed brush and heavy timber. Due to the potential for this fire to grow, four air tankers have been ordered. Smokejumpers, a helicopter and two crews are currently on-site.
Updates will be posted as additional information becomes available.
Tweets from Cal Fire:
Quite a few lightning strikes overnight north of the Klamath River. Six Rivers NF has at least one confirmed fire. — CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 9, 2015
CAL FIRE chasing a lightning fire in Wilson Creek, reported at 1/4 acre in timber. Six Rivers has a fire about 7 miles west of Gasquet. — CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 9, 2015
UPDATE 6:32 P.M.: More Tweets. National Weather Service:
Showers are starting to develop in #Mendocino county. They are moving from west to east. Locally heavy rain rain and lightning are possible. — NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) June 9, 2015
Thunderstorms have diminished this aft over NW CA. Radar from 558 PM. Storms may return later this evening. pic.twitter.com/OY0dnMSAKK
— NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) June 10, 2015
U.S. Forest Service – Six Rivers National Forest:
Lightning across the Six Rivers National Forest over the last 24 hours has started at least 15 wildfires.
At this time, there are 8 fires on the Gasquet Ranger District, the forest’s northernmost district; 1 fire on the Lower Trinity District, plus 2 fires near the border on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest; and 6 fires on the Mad River District, on the southern end of the forest.
The largest of these fires remains the Devil Fire; however, better estimates put the size at 10 acres. All of the other fires are less than 2 acres, including some single-tree fires.
Posted by U.S. Forest Service – Six Rivers National Forest on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Cal Fire:
CAL FIRE at scene of 2 lightning caused fires south of Crescent City. Both fires contained. — CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 9, 2015
CAL FIRE assisting the Six Rivers National Forest with 2 hand crews and 1 dozer on a fire south of Gasquet — CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 9, 2015
UPDATE 7:49 P.M.: Cal Fire:
CAL FIRE sending additional hand crew strike teams to lightning fires on the Six Rivers National Forest
— CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 10, 2015
UPDATE May 10 3:49 P.M.: 20 Confirmed Fires Ignited by Lightning Strikes
We will continue to update this post as more information becomes available.
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Kym, thanks for the fire updates. I think that sooner or later this year we are ALL going to interested in fire updates. You got the jump on it. Maybe it is because I spent more than half my life playing with fire hoses, but I hang on this kind of info. Most firefighters have a sixth sense about fires and this year has the hair on my neck standing up.
Ernie, I would love to take credit for this but I’m on vacation and Oliver Cory is doing a great job staying on top of this story.
Oops… My mistake. Have a nice vacation Kym. Good job Oliver!
Thank you!
There was SO much lightning last night it was just nuts. Almost like a cosmic strobe light. The thunder was so weakly and distant… while I was still awake… that I thought it was all out to sea. Then, when my driveway was dry when I got up today, I thought maybe it never hit.
Dang.
At least we have gotten much more rain than the rest of the state and maybe things aren’t dry enough yet for this to get out of hand. It’s muggy as heck down here right now, has been for a couple days, so I’m trying to will the dampness up Gasquet way.
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4274/
Small fire(s) East of Denny.
Photo from yesterday evening, I heard thunder with minimal drops of rain. The night before the after dark I saw multiple lightning flashes over the course of about 30 min.