Wildfire, San Bernardino
- When
- May 31, 10:30 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, 6 mi NE of San Bernardino
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, May 31, 2002
A wild fire that began at Arrowhead Springs Resort from a spark from a firefighter training class, was still active as the month of May closed.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
A wild fire that began at Arrowhead Springs Resort from a spark from a firefighter training class, was still active as the month of May closed.
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 May 31, 8:30 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:30 AM PST, 2 hours before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT FRI MAY 31 2002 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE COMBINED WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MARINE LAYER WILL REDEVELOP THIS WEEKEND FOR NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...FAIR WITH A COOLING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WARMER NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. .DISCUSSION...THERE WERE A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG NEAR THE COAST THIS AM...OTHERWISE LOTS OF HI CLOUDS. 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD A STRONG SURFACE BASED INVERSION AND SHOWED THE HI LEVEL MOISTURE IN SSE FLOW ALOFT. WEAKENING ONSHORE GRADIENTS WITH ABOUT 4 MB SAN-IPL. UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST WHICH HAS ENTRAINED TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM WEAKENING TS ALMA WILL MOVE NE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEAK MOISTURE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS OUR CWFA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVE ALONG WITH PVA. HOWEVER...MOST MOISTURE ABOVE 700 MB AND CENTERED AROUND 500 MB. SO SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN MOST AREAS AND CHANCE IN MOUNTAINS STILL LOOKS OK. PRECIP AMOUNTS...IF ANY...SHOULD BE LIGHT EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVIER SHOWERS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. THE MID AND HI CLOUDS WILL DISRUPT THE MARINE LAYER TONIGHT. A BROAD TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE W SAT INTO SUN WITH DRIER SW WINDS ALOFT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO SAT. OTHERWISE...COOLING TREND WITH DEEPENING MAINE LAYER AND STRONGER ONSHORE GRADIENTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LONGER RANGE PROGS INDICATE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE W COAST FOR DECREASING MARINE LAYER AND WARMING TREND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .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
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- Tornado in New York, May 31, 2002
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New Hampshire, May 31, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 31, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 2002
More
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, May 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: 5291438.