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 Jun 26, 2:03 PM PST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 303 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2003 THE UPPER RIDGE IS CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SUNNY AND HOT CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. CURRENTLY MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE NEAR OR AT 100 DEGREES...AVERAGING ABOUT 6 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY. THE UPPER HIGH WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AS SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER WEAKEN AND BEGIN SHIFTING EAST SUNDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WELL ABOVE NORMAL FRIDAY...TRENDING DOWNWARD THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT STILL REMAINING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY. GFS BRINGS SOME MOISTURE OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRAS BY SATURDAY WHILE THE ETA IS DRIER. STILL GOING WITH THE DRIER SCENARIO...WITH NO MENTIONABLE RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE PERIOD. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DESPITE LARGE DIVERSITY IN MEDIUM RANGE POSITION OF THE PAC NW LOW ON MONDAY...EACH MODEL INDICATES LOWERING HEIGHTS AND SYNOPTIC COOLING IN THE ORDER OF 5 DEGREES F ON MONDAY. THEN BEGINS A QUASI STEADY STATE...IF NOT SLIGHT COOLING... THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN ANOTHER WARMING TREND BEGINS. ONLY CHANGE TO SKY COVER WAS TO ADD A FEW CLOUDS TO THE HIGH TERRAIN ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER RH AND UPSLOPE WINDS. .HNX...NONE. JEB/SOWKO
CAZ089>099-271230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 1230 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR APPARENT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 105 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
CAZ089>095-270400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 1100 AM PDT THU JUN 26 2003 ...HOT WEATHER RETURNS TO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE WEST COAST WILL BRING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND KERN DESERTS...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO 105 ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY...AND FROM 102 TO 110 ON FRIDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE VALLEY ON FRIDAY. THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80 TO MID 90S AT THE 5000 FOOT LEVEL...AND UP TO 105 IN THE FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION...THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HAS DECLARED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SPARE THE AIR DAYS. THE HEAT WILL POSE A POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK FOR ANYONE ENGAGED IN LENGTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...OR PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS. EFFECTS CAN BE MINIMIZED BY REDUCING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...AND WEARING LIGHT- COLORED CLOTHING. IF POSSIBLE...SPEND TIME IN AIR CONDITIONED FACILITIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT EVENT. SOWKO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sawmill fire at Dutch Flat consumed 536 acres and burned 4 primary residences and 6 outbuildings. There were no fatalities on the fire that cost $800K to combat.
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, June 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: 5359483.