1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 4, 1:46 PM PST, 14 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 246 PM PDT TUE SEP 4 2001 FORECAST CONCERN REVOLVES AROUND COOLER TEMPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EAST PAC TROUGH EXTENDING FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO 35N140W SLATED TO MOVE ASHORE ACROSS THE PAC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE THE UPPER HIGH OVER BAJA CALIF IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE. ONSHORE GRADS WILL TIGHTEN WEDNESDAY AND THE MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN AS 500 MB HEIGHTS LOWER 30-40 METERS PER THE MODELS. COMBINATION OF SYNOPTIC COOLING AND A MARINE PUSH SHOULD BRING SUBSTANTIAL COOLING TO THE CWFA...ESPECIALLY THE VALLEY. ONSET OF THE MARINE INFLUX WILL BE TRICKY BUT THE CENTRAL VALLEY SHOULD BEGIN TO FEEL THE EFFECTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO DEVELOP THROUGH PACHECO AND TEHACHAPI PASSES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DESERT AS WELL. UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY ALLOWING FOR SOME HEIGHT RECOVERY ACROSS THE CWFA. EXPECT NEAR PERSISTENCE TEMPS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA THURSDAY. COOLER AIR SHOULD BE TOO DEEP IN THE VALLEY TO BE MIXED OUT SO WILL TREND TEMPERATURES DOWN A LITTLE MORE. IN THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME...SHORTWAVE RIDGE FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR SOME TEMP RECOVERY. MODELS THEN TREND TOWARD A BROAD TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST FOR CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY THOUGH DUE TO LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE TAP. .HNX...NONE. LINDQUIST
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Tar Fire was ignited by lightning on September 4th near Atwell Grove. The fire burned 505 acres and was managed as a resource benefit throughout the remainder of the month of September. There were no fatalities, injuries, or structures lost.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 2001
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: 5266084.