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 Jun 15, 8:15 AM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 915 AM PDT SAT JUN 15 2002 12Z VBG AND OAK SOUNDINGS IN ADDITION TO CURRENT FORT ORD PROFILER INDICATE MARINE LAYER HAS BECOME SHALLOWER DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HRS. BASE OF INVERSION APPEARS TO BE NEAR 1000 FT. SFC PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE DOWN A COUPLE MILLIBARS SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING BETWEEN SFO AND LAS. SJ VALLEY TEMPS ARE AVERAGING 2-4 DEGREES WARMER THAN 24 HRS AGO. IN SPITE OF CONTINUING ONSHORE FLOW TODAY... SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER SHOULD HAVE AN EASIER TIME MIXING OUT AND WILL BUMP UP MAX TEMPS IN VALLEY ZONES WITH MID MORNING UPDATE. ONLY OTHER CONCERN IS WIND SPEED IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT. HAVE UPDATED THESE ZONES THIS MORNING TO REFLECT PEAK GUSTS IN THE NORMALLY WINDIER LOCALES THIS AFTERNOON. REMAINDER OF FORECAST PKG LOOKS FINE. .HNX...NONE. DURFEE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Borel Fire originated from unknown causes and burned 3430 acres. There were 7 primary residences and 12 out-buildings lost in this fire. There were no reported fatalities or injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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