1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 8:00 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 900 AM PDT SAT JUN 15 2002 VERY LITTLE TO DISCUSS THIS MORNING AS SKIES ARE CLEAR OR CLEARING ACROSS ALL PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT. NORTHERLY GRADIENT FLOW ACROSS SBA COUNTY NEXT TWO NIGHTS IS REALLY THE ONLY WEATHER ISSUE OF CONCERN AND EVEN THERE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES FAIRLY STEADY NEXT TWO DAYS WITH LOWER LEVEL TEMPS TO RISE SLIGHTLY SO EXPECT TEMPS TO BE NEAR STEADY TODAY TO A FEW DEGREES HIGHER INLAND. SAME GOES FOR SUNDAY. MARINE LAYER OF AROUND A THOUSAND FEET REMAINS CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND WITH NORTHERLY FLOW MAY SEE LITTLE IF ANY COASTAL LOW CLOUDS TONIGHT... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CENTRAL COAST WHERE IMPACTS OF NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BE MINIMIZED AND PATCHY/AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS ARE LIKELY IN THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LAX 000. MCCLUNG. .LOX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sudden Fire burned 7,782 acres on land owned by Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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, June 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: 5296685.