NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, June 21, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-283 - Navajo NM (AZ) - Severe Storm

A severe thunderstorm passed over the park around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June
17th, dropping marble-sized hail and generating numerous lightning strikes. 
One of the strikes ignited a large juniper tree near the park's storage yard. 
The tree began to burn intensely; visitors reported the fire to park
personnel.  Maintenance supervisor John Laughter responded with other
maintenance workers and a YCC crew and extinguished the fire.  Despite the
intense hail and driving winds, no other damage occurred.  [Rick Best, Acting
CR, NAVA, 6/19]

99-284 - Cape Hatteras NS (NC) - Possible Drowning

F.M. visited Bodie Island on June 15th with his wife and son.  The
F.M.s were headed for the beach, but passing thunderstorms led Nags Head
Ocean Rescue to close the guarded beach at 1 p.m.  The storms had passed by
1:30 p.m., and the F.M.s went out onto the beach.  The beach had not yet
been reopened by lifeguards, however, because of other approaching storms. 
As those storms came closer, F.M., who was bodysurfing, motioned to his
wife and son to return to the car.  After 15 minutes in the vehicle, F.M.'s
wife, who is a nurse, returned to the beach, found her husband floating face
up in the ocean, and began CPR.  Nags Head lifeguards and county paramedics
were summoned.  F.M. was transported to Health East Medical Center in Nags
Head, where he was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m.  The medical examiner has
requested an autopsy.  [CRO, CAHA, 6/18]

99-285 - Natchez Trace Parkway (MS/AL/TN) - MVA with Fatality
   
On June 17th, a 60-year-old male from Jackson, Mississippi, was killed in a
motor vehicle accident while traveling north along the parkway.  The vehicle
left the road and hit a tree, and it appears that he fell asleep at the
wheel.  The name is being withheld until the next of kin is notified.  An
autopsy is being performed to determine the exact cause of death.  There were
no other occupants in the vehicle.  [Tim Francis, ACR, NATR, 6/17]

99-286 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - Narcotics Seizures
     
On May 23rd, an off-duty ranger saw a car veer off the highway into the
desert. When the ranger stopped to provide assistance, the single male driver
fled into the desert.  Forty-nine pounds of marijuana were found in the
vehicle.  On June 15th, rangers found and seized three backpacks containing
109 pounds of marijuana in the brush along Highway 85 within the park.  [Jon
Young, PR, ORPI, 6/17]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY 

                                                      Wed     Sat    %   Est
State      Unit              Fire/Incident   IMT      6/16    6/19  Con  Con

AZ    Grand Canyon NP        Mt. Emma        FUM     1,241   1,241    0  UNK
      Coronado NF            Lone             --       300     300  100  CND
                           * Bartolo          --         -     200  100  CND
      Yuma FO              * Arrastra         --         -   1,000   NR  NR

AK    Ft. Greely Army Base   Donnelly Flats   T1    14,500  18,000   70  6/20
      Upper Yukon, BLM       Minto            T2     3,000   3,800   40  UNK

OR    Prineville FO          Dead Dog         --       400     500   75  6/18
                           * Kentucky Butte   --         -     325   80  6/18

UT    State                * Bolder           --         -     150  100  CND
      Cedar City FO        * Apex             --         -     569  100  CND

                                  Heading Notes

Unit        Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
            or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; FO = BLM field
            office; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
Fire        * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
            limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
            strategy
IMT         T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team; FUM = Fire Use
            Management Team
% Con       Percent of fire contained; UNK = unknown; NR = no report
Est Con     Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
            containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report

NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)

                    NPS    BIA      BLM     FWS    States   USFS     Total

Wednesday, 6/16      0     13        34       0       78     76       201
Thursday, 6//17      2     22        13       1      192     53       283
Friday, 6/18         2     25        13       0       60     52       152
Saturday, 6/19       0     19         5       0       42     30        96

TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND) 

                  Crews     Engines    Helicopters    Airtankers   Overhead

Wednesday, 6/16    112        178          44             5           383
Thursday, 6//17    103        159          38             2           343
Friday, 6/18       103        153          34             4           369
Saturday, 6/19      58        116          21             5           470

CURRENT SITUATION

Large fires continued to burn on Saturday in Alaska and the Southwest.  There
was little activity elsewhere.

Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/18-20]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

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