Firefighters assigned to the Tyee Ridge Complex Fire have been successful in their efforts to suppress and contain the nearly 8,000-acre fire; command has returned to Douglas Forest Protective Association.
The National Weather Service issued a Flood Potential Outlook for flash flooding on area burn scars in Douglas and some nearby counties for early next week.
As we slide into the fall season this weekend, our weather pattern across the Pacific Northwest will follow suit with cooler temps and a healthy dose of rainfall by early next week, with weather models showing an active weather pattern setting up with a train of storm systems arriving into the region. One of these storms could be a doozy and classified as a "bomb cyclone," bringing heavy rainfall, flooding concerns, and high winds to portions of the state.