California, 2001

Wildfire in California, June 24, 2001

June 24, 2001 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brush fire consumed eight acres near the Santa Ana River in Mira Loma.

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The toll

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

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What happened

The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.

A brush fire consumed eight acres near the Santa Ana River in Mira Loma.

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 Jun 24, 1:30 PM PST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:30 PM PST, 21 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2001

                             ...SYNOPSIS...

MOISTURE IN SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING PERIODIC CLOUDS THROUGH
MONDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS MONDAY. A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER WILL BRING MORE EXTENSIVE NIGHT
AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID WEEK.
OTHERWISE...FAIR AS DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS ALOFT TUESDAY INTO
NEXT WEEKEND.

                             ...DISCUSSION...

THERE WERE AREAS OF COASTAL LOW CLOUDS/FOG THIS AM...LOCALLY EXTENDING
INTO WRN PART OF SAN INLAND VALLEY AREAS. OTHERWISE...MID/HI CLOUDS
MOVING UP FROM THE S. 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD INVERSION BASED NEAR 1000 FT
AND SHOWED SLY WINDS THROUGH MID LEVELS. GRADIENTS TRENDING ONSHORE WITH
ABOUT 6 MB SAN-IPL.

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM REMAINS THE MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE S. PROGS
GENERALLY INDICATE MOST OF THIS MOISTURE WILL REMAIN JUST SE OF OUR CWFA
BUT SOME WILL MAKE IT INTO OUR AREA. THE PEAK OF THIS MOISTURE SHOULD BE
OVER THE SE ZONES MON...GRADUALLY INCREASES AT MID AND HI LEVELS TODAY
AND THEN DECREASING LATE MON. THIS WILL BRING A THREAT OF AFTERNOON/EVE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY...AND TO LESSER EXTENT IN THE
DESERTS. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL LIMITED AND THE AMOUNT OF
MID/HI CLOUDS COULD ACTUALLY SUPPRESS CONVECTION MON. TUE SHOULD HAVE
DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. UPPER LOW MOVING INTO PAC NW WITH TROUGH
EXTENDING S OFF CA COAST THROUGH TUE. THIS WILL BRING GRADUALLY
DECREASING HEIGHTS/THICKNESS/850 MB TEMPS LOCALLY AND HELP TO DEEPEN
MARINE LAYER FOR COOLING TREND AND MORE NIGHT/MORNING LOW CLOUDS/FOG W
OF MOUNTAINS.

LONGER RANGE PROGS INDICATE UPPER TROUGH LINGERING AROUND OFF THE PAC NW
COAST WITH BASICALLY DRY SW FLOW ALOFT AND LITTLE CHANGE WED. UPPER HI
SLOWLY BUILDS ALOFT DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK FOR A GRADUAL
WARMING TREND AND DECREASING MARINE LAYER.

.SAN...NONE.

ATKIN

The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Riverside

When
June 24, 1:51 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
Where
Riverside County, Mira Loma
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.744, -115.994 (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.

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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: 5252047.