1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Sep 2, 8:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
900 PM PDT TUE SEP 2 2003
THE LATEST MONSOONAL SURGE IS INDEED SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE THIS
EVENING AS ATTESTED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR. SHOWERS AND TSTORMS
BLOSSOMED QUICKLY OVER THE KERN CO DESERT LATE THIS AFTN. SE WINDS
ALOFT ARE CARRYING THEM ACROSS THE TEHACHAPI MTNS THIS EVENING...
AND THEIR REMAINS HAVE ENDED UP IN THE SOUTHERN SJ VLY...THE SIERRA
FTHLS AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE SJ VLY. THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
SHOW SHOULD CONTINUE UNABATED UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT...AT LEAST IF THE
00Z MODELS ARE CORRECT. ALL OF THEM POSITION THE THETA-E RIDGE RIGHT
OVER INTERIOR CA THROUGH AT LEAST WED EVENING...FORECAST CAPES OF
SEVERAL HUNDRED JOULES/KG ALONG WITH LIFTED INDICES BETWEEN -1 AND -2.
IN ADDITION TO THE DYNAMICS...THE MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING A RICH
FEED OF TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM BAJA DURING THE NEXT 24
HRS. RADAR AND SATELLITE LOOPS INDICATE CONVECTION HAS DWINDLED
SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR CWA FOR THE TIME BEING...AND MAY NOT REDEVELOP
UNTIL WED AFTN. WILL ALLOW THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO EXPIRE IN THE KERN
CO MTNS AND DESERT AT 10 PM. HOWEVER...WITH INCREASED CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL WED...MIDNIGHT FORECASTER MAY NEED TO CONSIDER REISSUANCE
OF FFA IN THESE ZONES FOR WED.
OTHERWISE...THE MONSOON HAS ALREADY MADE ITS PRESENCE KNOWN IN THE
SOUTHERN SJ VLY THIS EVENING WHERE DEWPOINT TEMPS HAVE RISEN TO
ABOUT 70 DEGREES. AND WITH CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE OVER THE REMAINDER
OF THE SJ VLY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS...IT LOOKS LIKE WE
ARE IN FOR A VERY WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT. WILL ADJUST MIN TEMPS
UPWARD ACCORDINGLY AND ADJUST WORDING FOR SKY COVER AND PRECIP.
INTERESTING TO NOTE THE 00Z RUN OF THE MESO ETA ADDS FURTHER
QUESTIONING AS TO HOW LONG THIS MONSOON EVENT CONTINUES OVER
CENTRAL CA. WINDS ALOFT ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN SOUTHERLY THROUGH
AT LEAST 12Z FRI...850-700MB REL HUM STILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE
60 PERCENT...AND MORE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IS PROGGED IN THIS SOUTHERLY
FLOW ACROSS CENTRAL CA. GRIDDED FORECASTS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED
TO DELAY DRYING TREND LATER THIS WEEK.
.HNX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT
TONIGHT.
DURFEECAZ089>099-031230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 515 AM PDT TUE SEP 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. REFER TO FFAHNX /WGUS66 KHNX/ FOR DETAILS. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...MAINLY NORTH OF KERN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND 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 MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JSN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cargyle Complex Fire was ignited by lightning on the 3rd and allowed to burn through the month for resource benefits. By the end of the month it had burned 717 acres at a cost of $64K.
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: 5372408.