Can't we get a break? :x All times are Pacific. Article Name Publication Date Publication Time Wenas Lake Fire 85 Percent Contained 9/1/2012 7:21 PM Wildfire Near Ellensburg Fully Contained 9/6/2012 6:28 AM Parke Creek Fire Fully Contained 9/7/2012 1:55 PM Lightning Reportedly Starts 30 Fires in Kittitas County 9/9/2012 10:00 AM Lightning Starts More than 30 Fires in Kittitas and Yakima Counties 9/10/2012 8:53 AM Crews Battle Kittitas County Blazes 9/11/2012 1:50 PM More Resources Arrive to Fight Kittitas, Yakima County Fires 9/12/2012 10:32 AM Fires Impact Air Quality in Kittitas County 9/12/2012 2:00 PM Air Quality Varies in Region 9/13/2012 1:55 PM Wildfires Close Stafford Creek 9/13/2012 2:00 PM 30 Fires Burning in Blewett Pass Area 9/14/2012 2:00 PM Air Drops Help in Lion Rock Area 9/15/2012 7:55 AM Winds May Help with Air Quality 9/15/2012 8:00 AM Evacuations Remain in Effect for Table Mountain Fire 9/15/2012 2:00 PM Poor Air Quality Likely to Continue 9/17/2012 10:17 AM Wildfires Prompt Forest Closures 9/17/2012 10:57 AM Table Mountain Fire at 2,500 Acres 9/17/2012 10:58 AM Fairgrounds Busy with Fire Crews and Scheduled Events 9/17/2012 2:15 PM Table Mountain Fire Grows 9/18/2012 11:38 AM Schools Limit Outside Activity Because of Smoke 9/18/2012 11:45 AM Air Quality Reaches Hazardous Levels 9/18/2012 12:56 PM Air Quality Improves Wednesday 9/19/2012 10:44 AM Level 3 Evacuation Order Issued for Elk Springs, Upper Green Canyon above the North Power Lines 9/19/2012 10:48 AM Fire Restrictions Issued on WDFW-Managed Lands 9/19/2012 10:59 AM Factors Feeding Wildfire Is Still Strong 9/20/2012 9:48 AM Table Mountain Fires Grow to 30,434 Acres 9/20/2012 9:51 AM Air Quality at Unhealthy Levels Thursday 9/20/2012 9:59 AM New Evacuation Notices Issued 9/20/2012 10:09 AM Another Smoke Column from Table Mountain Complex Expected Today 9/20/2012 4:15 PM Air Quality Very Unhealthy 9/21/2012 7:33 AM Conditions Help Firefighters 9/21/2012 10:55 AM Air Quality Deteriorates 9/21/2012 10:58 AM County Health Department Press Release on Air Quality 9/21/2012 11:21 AM Working in Woods Is Prohibited 9/21/2012 12:06 PM Red Cross Shelter Opened in North Bend 9/21/2012 9:39 PM More Wildfire Help on the Way 9/22/2012 5:00 AM Fire Camp a Place to Rest, Recharge 9/22/2012 8:00 AM Crews Protect Equipment at Blewett Pass 9/22/2012 8:00 AM Liberty Homeowner Watches Forest Fire 9/22/2012 4:00 PM Cooler Temperatures Aid Firefighters 9/22/2012 5:33 PM Sunday Air Quality Forecast from DOE 9/23/2012 8:40 AM Cooler Temps Help Firefighters 9/24/2012 11:33 AM Air Quality Still Poor in Kittitas Valley 9/24/2012 11:38 AM Mercer Creek Church Open as Air Quality Shelter 9/24/2012 5:24 PM Firefighting Costs at $5.6 Million 9/25/2012 11:30 AM Governor Extends Burn Ban 9/25/2012 11:38 AM Burnouts Part of the Effort to Contain Table Mountain Fire 9/25/2012 2:00 PM Air Quality Improves, but Could Worsen Later This Week 9/25/2012 3:00 PM Some Evacuation Levels Downgraded 9/26/2012 1:33 PM Wildfire Could Be Contained on Oct. 5 9/26/2012 2:00 PM Air Quality Unhealthy This Morning 9/27/2012 9:55 AM More People Allowed to Return Home 9/27/2012 10:00 AM Fire Camp Settles into New Home 9/27/2012 10:00 AM Air Quality Very Unhealthy Friday Morning 9/28/2012 10:37 AM Wildfire Is 35 Percent Contained 9/28/2012 10:42 AM A Summer of Fire in Kittitas County 9/29/2012 8:00 AM Smoke Has Effect on CWU Football Team 9/29/2012 8:00 AM Smoke Keeps Local Students Indoors 9/29/2012 8:15 AM Controlled Burns End Tonight on Wildfire 10/1/2012 2:00 PM Table Mountain Fire Is 70 Percent Contained 10/2/2012 1:00 PM Nelson Siding Road Project Restarts 10/3/2012 1:50 PM More People Allowed Home in Fire Area 10/3/2012 2:00 PM Ping-Pong-Ball-like Spheres Used to Fight Fire from the Air 10/3/2012 2:00 PM More People Allowed Home after Fire 10/4/2012 2:00 PM Table Mountain Fire Fully Contained 10/5/2012 1:00 PM Tough Winter Ahead for Deer 10/6/2012 8:00 AM Wildfire Contained, but Still Smoldering 10/8/2012 11:00 AM Liberty Area Reduced to Level 1 Notification 10/11/2012 4:48 PM Burn Ban in Area Ends with Rainfall 10/16/2012 2:00 PM
Updated the OP. There are approximately 95 wildfires from the thunderstorm. Most of them appear to be small, though, and no evacuations have taken place.
I've finally gotten this up-to-date! Additionally, they will be calling 2012 "Summer of Devastating Western Wildfires."
My apologies for not keeping this up-to-date. The wildfire was fully contained on October 5 as expected. I would've turned the OP into a table for better organization like on the other forums where this is posted and added publication dates and times, but I didn't because of the whole table difficulty thing. I may sometime when I feel like it, though. (Maybe tomorrow. Who knows?) Anyway, I also added a few articles of fires that weren't directly part of the Table Mountain wildfire, but were related to it, according to the Table Mountain Fire section of Daily Record.
