Wildfire, San Bernardino
- When
- June 24, 4:15 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, Crestline
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, June 24, 2002
The fire began from a malfunction of a power line running through a steep canyon. About 150 firefighters, responding from all the surrounding communities, and assisted by air tankers and helicopters, were able to contain the blaze to 10 acres.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $80,000
- 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 fire began from a malfunction of a power line running through a steep canyon. About 150 firefighters, responding from all the surrounding communities, and assisted by air tankers and helicopters, were able to contain the blaze to 10 acres. Eight power lines were scorched, but power was not disrupted.
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 24, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 200 PM PDT MON JUN 24 2002 .SYNOPSIS...ONLY MINOR DAY TO DAY DIFFERENCES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE CALIFORNIA COAST. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL SPREAD INLAND TO THE LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS EACH NIGHT WITH HOT AFTERNOONS INLAND. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COASTAL EDDY CONTINUES OFFSHORE BUT THE STRATUS CLEARED FROM MUCH OF THE COAST BY LATE MORNING. EXPECT THE STRATUS TO MOVE BACK ONTO THE COAST AFTER SUNSET AND INLAND OVERNIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP A RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST WITH THE HIGH CENTER NEAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. A FAIRLY DEEP LOW CONTINUES OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH MINOR S/WV TROUGHS SWINGING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING THE PERIOD. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REMAINS UNDER A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD AS A RESULT. THE 12Z AVN IS SIMILAR TO THE 00Z MRF WITH A WEAK CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST BY THE WEEKEND WHICH SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN AN EDDY ALONG THE COAST TO CONTINUE THE NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS. OTHERWISE EXPECT FAIR WEATHER TO CONTINUE WITH VERY LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SAN...NONE. HORTON
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24 to 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 24, 2002
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 24, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 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: 5297242.