A 350 acre fire burned in the Lytle creek Area. Fire investigators searching near the start of the fire, found a burned vehicle and the body of a 70 year old man about 200 yards away.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
A 350 acre fire burned in the Lytle creek Area. Fire investigators searching near the start of the fire, found a burned vehicle and the body of a 70 year old man about 200 yards away. The cause of death had not been ascertained as of 9/9/02.
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 29, 1:10 PM PST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 210 PM PDT THU AUG 29 2002 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHWEST BRINGING WARM...DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE BUILDING HIGH WILL RESULT IN A SHALLOWER MARINE FOR LESS COASTAL CLOUDS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. .DISCUSSION...THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE WEST WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN BEGIN TO LIFT NE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 500 MB HTS OVER SOCAL CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH TOMORROW (588 DM)...THEN THE RIDGE OVER NEW MEXICO BUILDS WESTWARD AND HTS INCREASE TO 590 DM SATURDAY...AND INCREASE TO 592 DM SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN TEMPS IS IN STORE FOR US THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY IN THE INLAND AREAS WHERE THE MARINE LAYER WILL NO LONGER HAVE A COOLING INFLUENCE. INCREASING TEMPS ALOFT COULD STRENGTHEN THE INVERSION SUFFICIENTLY FOR MARINE LAYER CLOUDS TO LINGER AT SOME THE BEACHES. SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH WILL TAP INTO THE SUBTROPICS BRINGING OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE WEEKEND. IN THE EXTENDED...A DEVELOPING TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE TUESDAY...WITH LOWER HTS AND A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER BRINGING COOLER WEATHER FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SAN...NONE. MOEDE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire, San Bernardino | 2002-08-29 | 70 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2002
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