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 Aug 31, 7:20 PM PST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 820 PM PDT SUN AUG 31 2003 MINOR UPDATES THIS EVENING TO REMOVE THUNDERSTORM WORDING FROM FOOTHILL AND SIERRA ZONES AS THE CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE OVER FOR THE NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO CHUG EVER SO SLOWLY EAST IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TAHOE THIS EVENING AND WITH SUNDOWN THE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER ALONG THE CREST HAVE DISSIPATED OR MOVED EAST INTO NEVADA. SOME CLOUDS CONTINUE ALONG THE CREST AND WITH THE CENTER OF THE LOW ONLY SLOWLY MOVING EAST...THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDER REMAINS OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY....BUT ONLY AT A SLIGHT CHANCE LEVEL. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA SKIES REMAIN GENERALLY CLEAR. THE SPEED OF EXIT OF THE NORCAL LOW WILL BE THE DRIVING FACTOR IN THE WEATHER OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SIERRA FOR THE NEXT 6-18 HOURS. THE MORNING MODELS ALL WERE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN WEAKENING THE LOW OVERNIGHT AND ACTUALLY EJECTING A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...WHILE LEAVING A WEAK VORTICITY CENTER OVER THE BAY AREA. THE 00Z MESO ETA AGREES WITH THIS PROJECTION. BY LABOR DAY AFTERNOON GOOD CONSENSUS AMONG MODEL SOLUTIONS IN FINALLY EJECTING THE REMAINS OF THE VORTICITY CENTER AND BUILDING A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WESTWARD FROM ARIZONA. THIS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TURN THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS QUITE A GOOD FETCH OF MOISTURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND THIS SHOULD ADVECT INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT TUESDAY TO HAVE PROBABLY THE BETTER THREAT FOR CONVECTION AS MOISTURE WILL BE MUCH MORE PLENTIFUL. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE TREND OF INCREASING CHANCES AND AERIAL COVERAGE OF THUNDER FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY HANDLED WELL. .HNX...NONE. DUDLEY
CAZ089>099-011230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 545 AM PDT SUN AUG 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...MAINLY NORTH OF KINGS CANYON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ON THURSDAY...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .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 Duncan Complex Fire was ignited by lightning in July, and allowed to continue to burn through September as a resource burn. By the end of September it had consumed 1284 acres at an accumulated cost of $100K.
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, September 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: 5372409.