California, 2002

Wildfire in California, June 26 to 27, 2002

June 26 to 27, 2002 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

This fire flared up within the boundary of the 2500 acre Arrowhead Fire that occurred during the early part of June 2002. It occurred on unburned acreage and remained fully contained within the established fire corridor.

Where it happened

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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.

This fire flared up within the boundary of the 2500 acre Arrowhead Fire that occurred during the early part of June 2002. It occurred on unburned acreage and remained fully contained within the established fire corridor.

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 26, 1:30 PM PST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:30 PM PST, 6 hours before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 PM PDT WED JUN 26 2002

.SYNOPSIS...FAIR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH
NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS EXTENDING LOCALLY INTO THE INLAND
VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.DISCUSSION...SAME WX EXPECTED THROUGH SAT. MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN
SLIGHTLY AND IT WILL COOL A FEW DEGREES INLAND AS A WEAK UPPER LOW
GENTLY SAGS OVER SOCAL THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A COASTAL EDDY IS POSSIBLE
TOO...BUT IF IT FORMS IT WILL BE WEAK. THE UPPER LOW CUTS OFF AND
DRIFTS SW OF CA BY SUN. STARTING SUN...TEMPS WILL GO UP A LITTLE AND
THE RESULTING SE FLOW BETWEEN THE LOW AND THE 4 CORNERS HIGH MAY
BRING IN SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE. CONVECTION FCST BY MODELS TO
INCREASE OVER S AZ AND SONORA SO PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ERN ZONES IS A
GOOD FCST UNTIL ANY CHANCE OF TSTORMS COMES MORE INTO FOCUS.

.SAN...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, San Bernardino

When
June 26, 7:30 PM PST to June 27, 5:00 PM PST
Where
San Bernardino County, Arrowhead Spgs
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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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: 5297241.