Wildfire, Riverside
- When
- June 2, 1:00 PM PST to June 4, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, 9 mi E of Hemet
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, June 2 to 4, 2002
The "Bee" fire burned 430 acres.
Where it happened
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.
- 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.
The "Bee" fire burned 430 acres.
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 Jun 2, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT SUN JUN 2 2002 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING SOME DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER INTO MONDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RESULT IN DECREASING NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND A WARMING TREND TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A LITTLE COOLER TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. .DISCUSSION...LOW CLOUDS/PATCHY FOG UP TO INLAND COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES THIS AM. HI CLOUDS...MAINLY IN ERN ZONES. OTHERWISE...CLEAR. 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD INVERSION BASED NEAR 3000 FT...OVER 1000 FT HIGHER THAN 24 HOURS PREVIOUS. SOME HI LEVEL MOISTURE IN SW WINDS ALOFT. STRONG ONSHORE GRADIENTS TO THE E WITH ABOUT 7 MB SAN-IPL...BUT WEAKENING TO THE NE WITH ONLY ABOUT 3 MB SAN-TPH. UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT AND SLOWLY OFF TO THE E MON. EDDY EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN A LITTLE TONIGHT SO WILL HAVE SOME DEEPENING OF MARINE LAYER AND POSSIBLE DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT/MON AM. STRONG ONSHORE GRADIENTS TO THE E WILL CONTINUE INTO MON FOR BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. E PAC UPPER RIDGE PUSHES INLAND TUE THROUGH WED FOR A WARMING TREND. N TO NE WINDS ALOFT AND WEAK SURFACE HI OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL PRODUCE A GENERAL WEAK SYNOPTIC SCALE OFFSHORE TREND. HOWEVER...ONSHORE GRADIENTS TO THE E CAUSED BY DEVELOPING DESERT THERMAL LOW WILL DOMINATE EACH AFTERNOON/EVE. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE IDEA OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG TRAPPED BELOW A STRONG AND SHALLOW INVERSION MID WEEK. WARMER IN MOST AREAS TUE AND WED...ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR WED. SEA BREEZE AND MARINE INFLUENCE WILL MODERATE WARMING NEAR THE COAST. LONGER RANGE PROGS STILL NOT IN THE BEST AGREEMENT ON THE DETAILS. LOOKS LIKE LITTLE CHANGE THU WITH LIMITED MARINE LAYER AND WARM TO HOT INTERIOR. A LITTLE COOLER WITH INCREASING MARINE LAYER TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS A TROUGH MOVES PAST TO THE N. .SAN...NONE. ATKIN
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
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 2002
- Wildfire in New Jersey, June 2 to 6, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 2, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 2 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 10, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, June 2 to 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002
More
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 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: 5297169.