California, 2001

Wildfire in California, June 29, 2001

June 29, 2001 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brush fire consumed two acres before containment.

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 two acres before containment.

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 29, 1:30 PM PST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:30 PM PST, 40 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 PM PDT FRI JUN 29 2001

                             ...SYNOPSIS...
A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL RESULT IN PATCHY NIGHT AND MORNING COASTAL
LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP THE
WEATHER FAIR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE IN SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT
WILL BRING MORE HUMID WEATHER WITH A CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN AND DESERT
THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.

                             ...DISCUSSION...
STRATUS STUBBORN AT BEACHES FROM NEWPORT TO PT. LOMA RESULTING FROM
TODAYS STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW. NICE LOOKING SWIRLS IN CLOUD DECK.
BELIEVE MOST BEACHES WILL BREAK UP BEFORE SUNSET. STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP MARINE LAYER SUPPRESSED SO FOG WILL EXTEND
TO HIGHER MESAS AND COASTAL HILLS BUT NOT VERY FAR INLAND TONIGHT.

PERSISTENCE WX THROUGH WEEKEND. STRONG UPPER HIGH WILL KEEP DESERTS
HOT AND THE THERMAL LOW STRONG. THIS MEANS ONSHORE FLOW WILL
MAINTAIN CURRENT STRENGTH THROUGH WEEKEND AND LOW CLOUD COVERAGE
SHOULD BE SIMILAR NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. INVERSION MAY BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE TOO MUCH CLEARING ALONG BEACHES...BUT BELIEVE
MOST BEACHES WILL CLEAR FOR WEEKEND. TEMPS ABOUT THE SAME. EARLY
NEXT WEEK MODELS PUT UPPER HIGH OVER 4 CORNERS AND SHOULD GET
GRADUALLY INCREASING HIGH CLOUD DEBRIS FROM SONORA TSTORMS AND
INCREASING CHANCE OF TSTORMS INTO TUE. AS NEW AVN 120HR MOVES 4
CORNERS HIGH NORTHWARD ON WED THE MOISTURE AT LOWER LEVELS WILL
INCREASE AND SO WILL THE TSTORM CHANCES. LATTER HALF OF WEEK APPEARS
MUGGY WITH EVEN A BETTER CHANCE OF TSTORMS IN MTNS/DSRTS.

.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
June 29, 2:10 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where
San Diego County, Pala
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: 5252051.