1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 11, 8:00 AM PST, 6 hours earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 900 AM PDT THU JUL 11 2002 A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED EASTERLY WAVE IS MOVING INTO THE SE CA DESERTS THIS MORN...WITH A LARGE SWATH OF MID LEVEL MSTR AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS ADVANCING TOWARDS KERN COUNTY AND TULARE MTNS. THIS CLOUD COVER WILL START TO CUT BACK ON THE MAX TEMPS SOMEWHAT SO PLAN TO JUST NUDGE SOME OF THE FCST MAX TEMPS NEAR EAST KERN A BIT DOWNWARD. IT MAY ALSO PUT A DENT LOCALLY IN THE INSTABILITY...BUT WON/T COUNT ON THAT IF THE DECK THINS OUT HEADING INTO THE DRIER AIRMASS AND SLIGHTLY MORE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW. AS THE SHORT WAVE PUSHES AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE STRONG UPPER RIDGE IT SHOULD PROGRESS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND SAN JOAQUIN VLLY FROM AROUND 00Z-12Z TONIGHT...WITH PVA POSSIBLY SUPPORTING NOCTURNAL CONVECTION. MID CREW HAS BOOSTED POPS FOR MTNS AND FOOTHILLS TDA/TONIGHT AND INCLUDED THE MENTION THAT WE MIGHT SEE A STRAY FEW CELLS DRIFT OVER INTO THE E/S ENDS OF THE SJV. THIS FCST CHANGE LOOKS GOOD AND CURRENT ZNS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE OTHER THAN MINOR UPDATE TO ADJUST SOME MAX EMPS A BIT LOWER FOR TDA. IN THE WAVE OF THIS SHORT WAVE...A MONSOONAL FLOW PATTERN IS BASICALLY USHERED INTO THE REGION ON THRU THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EXTENDED. THIS WILL BRING CONTINUED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION IN THE MTNS...VARYING AMOUNTS OF MID/HI CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK WAVES...AND AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES OVERALL. THE DECLINE IN APPARENT TEMPERATURES FOR THE SJV IN PARTICULAR WILL LIKELY BE SLOW OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES MORE MUGGY AND ALTHO DAYTIME MAXES EDGE A BIT DOWN THE NOCTURNAL MINS WILL STAY AT LEAST SOMEWHAT ELEVATED. .HNX...HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA... AND FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. LAVIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Wolf Fire was a lightning caused fire. Inside Yosemite National Park it was managed as a resource burn through the remainder of July, through August, and had burned approximately 1150 acres through September 16th. No structures were lost nor were there any injuries.
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, July 2002
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: 5311390.