Heat, Ne Orange
- When
- September 1, 10:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ne Orange forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -116.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in California, September 1, 2002
A hiker succumbed to heat exhaustion in Modjeska Canyon. Temperatures in the area were 109 degrees Fahrenheit.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 hiker succumbed to heat exhaustion in Modjeska Canyon. Temperatures in the area were 109 degrees Fahrenheit.
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 Sep 1, 2:10 AM PST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:10 AM PST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 310 AM PDT SUN SEP 1 2002 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TO SOME AREAS INLAND FROM THE BEACHES THROUGH LABOR DAY. A DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A LITTLE COOLING TUESDAY...WITH GREATER COOLING FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE MAIN AXIS OF MOISTURE FROM GENEVIEVE HAS MOVED NORTHWARD...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE MAY REMAIN FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DISCUSSION...AXIS OF MSTR FM THE REMNANTS OF GENEVIEVE HAS MOVED SLOWLY NORTHWARD DURG THE PAST 24 HOURS...NOW CNTRD ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY WITH MDLS CONTINUING TO MOVE THE AXIS SLOWLY NORTHWARD DURG THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A LONE THUNDERSTORM POPPED UP OVR THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL MTNS AROUND 1 AM. INTERESTINGLY...THE WSETA SHOWED AN SMALL ISOLATED AREA OF PRECIP OVR THE ERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY MTNS AT 06Z. THE WSETA SHOWS SOME PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON OVR THE SDB AND ERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY MTNS. HAVE INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY TO THE SDB/RIV COUNTY MTNS AND DOWNSTREAM DESERT AREAS IN SBD COUNTY. TEMPERATURES...MOST OF SRN CA XCP FOR THE BEACHES WILL CONTINUE TO BAKE IN THE AFTERNOONS THRU LABOR DAY. A DEVELOPING UPR TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WL BRING A LTL COOLING FOR TUE...WITH GREATER COOLING WED AND THU. RETURN OF WK ONSHR FLOW AND SHALLOW MARINE INVERSION COULD RESULT IN DENSE FOG NR THE CST LATE MON NIGHT AND EARLY TUE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS UPR TROUGH TO DRAW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MSTR FM POWERFUL HURRICANE HERNAN NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THU AND FRI. WORDING FOR THESE DAYS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. IF CURRENT MDL TRENDS CONTINUE...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAY NEED TO BE ADDED FOR THESE DAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR WED AS MSTR BEGINS TO INCR...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE HEATING. PER COORDINATION WITH LOX...WL HOLD OFF ON ANY MENTION OF PRECIPITATION IN THE EXTENDED FOR NOW. .SAN...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SEE LAXSPSSGX. MARTIN
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Ne Orange | 2002-09-01 | 38 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 12, 2002
- Drought in Kentucky, September 1 to 30, 2002
- Drought in Illinois, September 1 to 30, 2002
- Drought in Indiana, September 1 to 30, 2002
- Rip Current in Alabama, September 1, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, September 1, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, September 1 to 12, 2002
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, September 1, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 1, 2002
- Drought in West Virginia, September 1 to 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 2002
- Damaging Wind in California, September 1, 2002
More
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 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: 5316467.