California, 2001

Wildfire in California, June 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brush fire burned two mobile homes, a shed, a car, and about 15 acres.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$27,000
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 burned two mobile homes, a shed, a car, and about 15 acres.

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 30, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 PM PDT SAT JUN 30 2001

                             ...SYNOPSIS...
A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE NOCTURNAL LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ELSEWHERE...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP THE WEATHER FAIR WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. INCREASING MOISTURE NEXT WEEK WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

                             ...DISCUSSION...
SOME CU POPPING UP OVER MTNS BUT NOT GROWING MUCH. AND SOME HIGH
CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM SE. THESE SHOULD DECREASE THIS EVE. WEAK
COASTAL EDDY SEEN N OF SAN NIC ISL AND STRONG INVERSION WILL KEEP
CLOUDS NEAR CST. COMMS PROBLEMS DELAYING PRODUCT ISSUANCES.

BIG QUESTION IS ABOUT INCREASING MONSOONAL FLOW THROUGH MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK AND CORRESPONDING TSTORM POTENTIAL. NEW ETA AND NGM BRING
INCREASED MOISTURE ABOVE 700 MB SUN AND MON BUT ONLY A FEW VERY WEAK
DYNAMIC TRIGGERS. AVN MODEL IS DRIER. WILL KEEP CHANCE OF TSTORMS
OUT OF FCST THROUGH MON. FOR TUE AND BEYOND MODELS SHOW MORE
MOISTURE COUPLED WITH WEAK PERTURBATIONS FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTORMS. NEW AVN INTRODUCES NICE LITTLE VORT MAX TO HELP
TRIGGER UPLIFT...BUT MOISTURE REMAINS MOSTLY ABOVE 700 MB. WILL GO
WITH CHANCE OF TSTORM WORDING IN THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPS
WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH UNTIL MONSOONAL FLOW KICKS IN TUE. THIS WILL
DIMINISH MARINE LAYER AND WARM UP CST...BUT ADDED CLOUDS AND
HUMIDITY WILL LOWER TEMPS INTERIOR AREAS EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE
MUGGY AND MAY FEEL HOTTER.

.SAN...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, San Bernardino

When
June 30, 4:15 PM PST to 4:45 PM PST
Where
San Bernardino County, Rialto
Property damage
$27,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.841, -116.178 (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: 5252052.