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 28, 7:05 AM PST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 805 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2003 NO UPDATES TODAY. HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY HOT? SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WIND PROFILERS SHOW SLIGHTLY WARMER LOWEST LEVELS THIS MORNING...UP A DEGREE OR SO CELSIUS OVER FRIDAY...BUT A LITTLE COOLING JUST ABOVE THIS LEVEL. THE NET RESULT SHOULD BE A HOT DAY JUST LIKE FRIDAY. 24 HOUR TEMPERATURE CHANGES SHOW MOST LOCATIONS WITH EITHER NO CHANGE OR SLIGHTLY WARMER. IN THE KERN DESERTS HOWEVER...WARMING CONTINUES AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS TO THE EAST OF THE SIERRA. READINGS THIS MORNING AT EDWARDS ARE ALREADY RUNNING 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN FRIDAY AND THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY SHOULD APPROACH A TOASTY 110. AS FOR THE HOT WEATHER PATTERN...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS THE RIDGE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN. BY MONDAY... SOME COOLING IS LIKELY AS A PACIFIC TROUGH APPROACHES 130W. THE EXTENT OF THE COOLING DUE TO POSSIBLE MARINE INFLUENCE WILL BE TRICKY TO GAUGE. AS FOR ANY CONVECTIVE THREAT IN THE SIERRA...THE DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS REMAINS FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY AND THE TURN TO A SOUTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY ALOFT CERTAINLY WILL NOT ENHANCE THE PROSPECTS OF CONVECTION. .HNX...NONE. DUDLEY
CAZ089>099-291230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 530 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chimney Fire was human caused and the cost to contain the 565 acre fire was unknown. No fatalities occurred due to the fire.
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: 5359484.