Named the "Troy" fire, it began just east of Mt. Laguna in the Cuyapaipe Indian Reservation and burned to the northeast into the Anza-Borrego Desert.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Named the "Troy" fire, it began just east of Mt. Laguna in the Cuyapaipe Indian Reservation and burned to the northeast into the Anza-Borrego Desert. Three unoccupied cabins and 1188 acres burned. The cost to fight the fire was $1.5 million.
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 Jun 19, 8:00 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2002 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BRING COOLING THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG WITH GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. ALSO...A COASTAL EDDY WILL DEEPEN THE MARINE LAYER FOR INCREASING NIGHT AND MORNING CLOUDS. WARMER FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BUILDS WESTWARD. SUMMER BEGINS FRIDAY AT 624 AM. .DISCUSSION...A COASTAL EDDY AND A STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW HAS DEEPENED THE MARINE LAYER ABOUT 500 FEET OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE EDDY WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE OUTER WATERS DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST. THE COMBINATION OF LOWER HTS...A DEEPER MARINE LAYER AND STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN COOLER WEATHER ACROSS SOCAL. IT WILL ALSO BE BREEZY/WINDY IN THE MTNS AND DESERTS EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH FRIDAY BEING THE WINDIEST DAY. ON SATURDAY THE TROUGH BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHEAST. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY A BUILDING RIDGE WILL BRING WARMER WEATHER AND LIGHTER WINDS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SAN...NONE. MOEDE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5297179.