Wildfire, San Diego
- When
- August 4, 5:05 PM PST to 5:45 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, Jamul
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, August 4, 2002
A brush fire scorched 6 acres before being fully contained.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 scorched 6 acres before being fully contained.
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 Aug 4, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 230 PM PDT SUN AUG 4 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL RESULT GENERALLY DRY STABLE CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES MOST OF THE WEEK. THE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND DURATION AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. .DISCUSSION...PATTERN PRETTY STAGNANT ON THE CURRENT MODELS. THE PROGS HAVE THE FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING TO REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT LEAST TIL ABOUT FRIDAY...THUS NO MONSOON ANYTIME SOON. ALTHOUGH...I SHOULD ADD THAT WE MAY SEE A PUFFY CU OR TWO OVER THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS. AT THE SURFACE... INCREASING SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BACKBUILDING CONUS HIGH WILL RESULT IN BETTER HEATING...ESPECIALLY INLAND...BUT NOT MUCH CHANGE AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. IT ALSO SEEMS THAT THE LONG RANGE PROGS ARE TRYING TO DROP STRONGER SURFACE HIGHS INTO THE PLATEAU. THIS COULD AFFECT US WITH SOME PRETTY HOT DAYS...MAINLY VALLEYS AND DESERTS...BY NEXT WEEKEND. FOR NOW...WE WILL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT...AND CONTINUE TO INCH THE INLAND HIGH TEMPERATURES UPWARD. SAN...NONE. SMALL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Rip Current in Florida, August 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 4, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 4, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 4, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 2002
- Wildfire in California, August 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 4, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 4, 2002
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, August 4 to 5, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 4, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 4, 2002
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, August 4 to 5, 2002
More
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2002
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: 5309886.