1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:13 PM PST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 313 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2003 MOIST EASTERLY WAVE ROTATING AROUND THE LARGE HIGH CENTERED NEAR FOUR CORNERS AREA TRIGGERED CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS AND DESERT AREAS DURING THE MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY HAS DISSIPATED AND DRIFTED NORTHWEST OUT OF THE AREA AND NOW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE SIERRA AND THE KERN MOUNTAINS...DRIFTING WEST. CHANCE POPS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM TO SLIDE INTO THE VALLEY. THE LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA IS PROGGED TO WOBBLE AROUND OVER THE SOUTHWEST US FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WHILE A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ROTATE AROUND THE PERIPHERY. THIS WILL KEEP THE RELATIVELY MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WERE HAMPERED SLIGHTLY OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BY CLOUDS AND RAIN...BUT MOST VALLEY AND DESERT LOCATIONS WILL TOP OUT AROUND 100. TEMPERATURES SHOULD INCREASE A FEW DEGREES THROUGH MONDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE ROTATES OUT AND A RIDGE POKES SOUTHWEST OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MEDIUM RANGE PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING THE LARGE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. SOUTHEAST FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DIURNAL HEATING WILL CAUSE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND KERN DESERTS. MOST OF THE EXTENDED MODELS PROG THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH TO SHIFT SE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD DECREASE THE MOISTURE SOURCE AND BRING A DRIER CONDITIONS INTO THE AREA. EXPECT ONLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA BEYOND THURSDAY. HNX...NONE. JEB/MV
CAZ089>099-201230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 530 AM PDT SAT JUL 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE KERN DESERT...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA TODAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS...AND THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE RAINFALL. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY ALSO BE NEEDED IN PORTIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE KERN DESERT...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS...AND THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS ON SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE TO A SLIGHT CHANCE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE KERN DESERT...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Duncan Complex fire was one of a number of lightning initiated fires that was allowed to continue as a resource management fire through the end of the month within Yosemite National Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5372413.