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 30, 12:00 PM PST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 100 PM PDT MON JUN 30 2003 COOL DOWN CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON WITH SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND KERN DESERTS SITES RUNNING AROUND 4-8 DEGREES LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. MARINE LAYER ALONG THE MONTEREY COAST IS AROUND 1800 FEET AND WITH MODERATE ONSHORE GRADIENTS...A COOLER DAY IS GUARANTEED. AS FOR THE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHILE THE HIGH PRESSURE CELL REMAINS OVER ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. A GENERALLY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...LITTLE CHANGE IN HEIGHTS AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT COMBINED WITH A MODERATE ONSHORE GRADIENT WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY WITH NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. OR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK CUTOFF LOW DRIFTING WELL WEST OF THE MAINLAND...ALONG WITH AN UPPER HIGH JUST NORTH OF THIS LOW. THIS BLOCKING PATTERN WILL KEEP A FAIRLY STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN IN PLACE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. ASIDE FROM UNLIMITED SUNSHINE AND SEASONALLY WARM TEMPERATURES...THE ONLY LINGERING QUESTION RESTS WITH HOW FAR WEST THE FOUR CORNERS HIGH WILL RETROGRADE. MODELS ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT IN THIS RESPECT...WITH GFS A BIT MORE ROBUST IN THIS WESTWARD EXPANSION. WILL OPT TO STAY CLOSE TO MEX GUIDANCE AND CONTINUE A SLIGHT WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD. .HNX...NONE. DUDLEY/BURGER
CAZ089>099-011230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 530 AM PDT MON JUN 30 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 I5 Fire was human caused and burned 1500 acres before containment on the 30th. The cost was unknown.
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: 5359487.