California, 2001

Wildfire in California, August 10, 2001

August 10, 2001 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brush fire consumed 3 acres in Mission Valley just east of Interstate 5.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.

A brush fire consumed 3 acres in Mission Valley just east of Interstate 5.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 1:30 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:30 PM PST, 30 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 PM PDT FRI AUG 10 2001

                             ...SYNOPSIS...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND
REMAIN STRONG MOST OF NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OVER THE
WEEKEND. COASTAL CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS...BUT
WILL BE LESS EXTENSIVE.

                            ...DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS CLEARED NICELY TO ISLANDS AND EXPECT CLOUDS TO FILL IN
OVERNIGHT NEARLY TO THE EXTENT FOUND THIS MORNING. ONSHORE GRADIENTS
RUNNING A BIT STRONGER THAN 24 HRS PREV. A FEW HARMLESS CU POPPING
OVER BIG MTNS BUT NOT CONVECTIVE TODAY. MORE CU IN BAJA BUT NOT
CONVECTING EITHER.

STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER SOCAL WILL MOVE NE TO 4 CORNERS BY SUN. A
SMALL INCREASE IN UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE EXPECTED SAT MAY SET OFF A
FEW TSTORMS...BUT STILL LOOKS INHIBITED. K-F CONVECTIVE MODEL SHOWS
GOOD INCREASE IN CONVECTION OVER BAJA SPINE SAT...SO SMALL CHC IN
MTNS/DESERTS LOOKS GOOD FOR SAT. BY SUN A DEEPER WETTER LAYER AND AN
EASTERLY WAVE ARRIVES...BRINGING A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF TSTORMS.
TEMPS SHOULD INCREASE EVERYWHERE SAT AND NEAR CST SUN...BUT DECREASE
A LITTLE SUN INLAND DUE TO HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND GREATER CLOUD
COVER. SAME UPPER LEVEL PATTERN PROGGED BY EXTENDED MODELS TO
CONTINUE ALL NEXT WEEK...UPPER HIGH FLOATING AROUND SW U.S. WITH
FLUCTUATIONS IN MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW. CHANCE OF TSTORMS IN EXTENDED
IS MORE ON THE SLIGHT SIDE.

.SAN...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, San Diego

When
August 10, 2:00 PM PST to 5:30 PM PST
Where
San Diego County, 4 mi E of (San)san Diego Intl
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Wildfire
A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5263065.