Wildfire, San Bernardino
- When
- June 15, 4:00 PM PST to June 16, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, Hesperia
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, June 15 to 16, 2003
A brush fire consumed 80 acres. One fire fighter suffered a broken leg.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 brush fire consumed 80 acres. One fire fighter suffered a broken leg. when a large rock rolled down the hillside into him.
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 15, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 230 PM PDT SUN JUN 15 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE NIGHT AND MORNING COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...EXTENDING LOCALLY INLAND AND ONLY PARTIALLY CLEARING FROM THE BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP THE WEATHER FAIR WITH WARM TO HOT DAYS INLAND. COOLER WITH A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALOFT. .DISCUSSION...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WERE INTO THE COASTAL AREAS AND WRN INLAND SAN VALLEYS THIS AM WITH A WEAK EDDY. THE STRATUS CLEARED BACK TO NEAR THE BEACHES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD A MODERATELY STRONG INVERSION BASED NEAR 1400 FT. ONSHORE GRADIENTS WITH ABOUT 6 MB SAN-IPL. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN LOCAL HEIGHTS THROUGH TUE WITH FAIRLY FLAT WLY FLOW ALOFT WITH AN UPPER HI TO OUR S AND WEAK TROUGH TO THE N. THICKNESS AND 850 MB TEMPS INCREASE INTO MON AND THEN LEVEL OFF TUE. HEIGHTS... THICKNESS AND 850 MB TEMPS DECREASE WED AS A TROUGH DIGS IN FROM THE NW. PROBABLY NOT MUCH CHANGE IN MARINE LAYER TONIGHT AS SUBSIDENCE BATTLES WITH A WEAK EDDY. SMALLER SCALE MODELS INDICATE THE EDDY WILL BE WEAKER MON NIGHT FOR A LITTLE DECREASE IN MARINE LAYER DEPTH. THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD START TO DEEPEN AGAIN TUE NIGHT. LOW CLOUDS WILL PROBABLY LINGER NEAR SOME BEACHES INTO THE AFTERNOONS MON AND TUE... TRAPPED UNDER A STRONG INVERSION. A WEAKER INVERSION COULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN A LITTLE BETTER CLEARING FROM THE BEACHES WED AFTERNOON DESPITE THE DEEPER MARINE LAYER. WARMER INLAND MON AND THEN JUST SLIGHTLY WARMER TUE AND COOLER WED. ONSHORE FLOW TO DESERT THERMAL LOW WILL CAUSE BREEZY CONDITIONS INTO THE DESERTS IN THE AFTERNOONS. OTHERWISE...FAIR. LONGER RANGE PROGS INDICATE WEAK TROUGH THU AND FRI FOR A DEEPER MARINE LAYER AND COOLING. HEIGHTS RECOVER OVER THE WEEKEND FOR A DECREASING MARINE LAYER AND WARMING. .SAN...NONE. ATKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:00 AM PST, 11 hours before
CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-161300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG NEAR THE MESAS EXTENDING INTO THE LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AREAS OF LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING DENSE FOG NEAR THE MESAS INTO THE LOWER COASTAL VALLEYS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MARTIN
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 15, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 15 to 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 15, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, June 15, 2003
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 15, 2003
More
Every storm in California in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2003
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: 5363437.