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 20, 8:29 AM PST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 929 AM PDT SUN JUL 20 2003 THE REMAINS OF CLAUDETTE HAVE PUSHED OUT OF THE AREA AND SKIES ARE GENERALLY SUNNY OVER THE AREA...THOUGH SATELLITE INDICATES A FEW HIGH BASED MODERATELY DEVELOPED CU OVER THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SOME DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SIERRA FROM AROUND KINGS CANYON SOUTHWARD. ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA FOR ISOLATED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...WHILE MODELS SUGGEST THE VALLEY AND DESERTS WILL BE MORE STABLE TODAY. CURRENT FORECAST WITH RAIN CHANCES LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON LOOKS OK. WITH MORE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THEN YESTERDAY IN MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURE FORECAST ALSO LOOKS GOOD AND NO UPDATE IS ANTICIPATED. HNX...NONE. JEB
CAZ089>099-211230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 530 AM PDT SUN JUL 20 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS, AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TUEDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING IN THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS. .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 Grapevine Fire fought by Kern County Fire Department burned 1830 acres. The cause and cost are unknown but no structures or lives were lost.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 2003
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: 5367230.