1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 17, 8:05 AM PST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 905 AM PDT THU JUN 17 2004 .UPDATE...NEW MESO ETA SHOWS A CAPE BULLSEYE OVER THE TEHACHAPIS WITH LOW LEVEL RH FIELD NEAR 50 PCT. HAVE THUS UPDATED KERN MTNS TO INCLUDE SLT CHC THUNDER THIS AFTN. OTHERWISE...ZONES LOOK GOOD FOR TODAY AND NO OTHER UPDATES NEEDED. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED 414 AM... SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...WEAK UPPER TROUGH RESIDES OVER WESTERN US WITH SEVERAL IMPULSES TRACKING SOUTHEAST IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW...ONE CURRENTLY TRAVERSING CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. MARINE LAYER HAS DEEPENED TO AROUND 3000 FEET AND HAS PUSHED WELL INTO THE VALLEY. KSUU CONTINUES TO SHOW SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 KT...ALSO GUSTING NEAR 35 MPH THROUGH PACHECO PASS. THE INFILTRATION OF COOLER AIR INTO THE VALLEY IS PRODUCING 24 HR TEMPERATURE TRENDS AROUND -5 TO -6 DEGREES OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT...TAPERING TO 0 TO -2 DEGREES IN THE SOUTH. THE MARINE AIR SHOULD KEEP HIGHS IN THE VALLEY TODAY SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS AND TEMPS ALOFT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE A SLIGHT COOLDOWN OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PATTERN IS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH THROUGH SATURDAY...PRODUCING LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SHOULD REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR SLIGHT CHANCES OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE SIERRA THROUGH FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...EXTENDED RANGE MODELS SHOWING GOOD RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY THIS MORNING AS MOST MODELS AGREE WITH SUNDAY SOLUTION. GFS/NOGAPS AND CANADIAN ALL RESOLVE A WEAK TROF OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY WHILE THE UKMET AND ECMWF HINT TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VERY WEAK TROF. YET...THE GFS REMAINS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE OF ALL MODELS WITH TRYING TO DEVELOP AN INSIDE SLIDER BY THE MIDDLE ON NEXT WEEK. WILL HOLD OFF ON INTRODUCING ANY MENTION OF PRECIP AROUND WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE PROGS...BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. WILL MAINTAIN THE SLIGHT COOLING TREND ON WEDNESDAY...DUE TO TROF PASSAGE...WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS. OTHERWISE...THE DISTRICT WILL SEE WARM CONDITIONS WITH THE USUAL AFTERNOON BREEZY. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && BINGHAM/JEB/MOLINA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 900 PM PDT WED JUN 16 2004 CAZ089>099-171100- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 900 PM PDT WED JUN 16 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JSN
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Crag Fire located 51 miles east of Porterville in Tulare County was lightning caused and burned 871 acres at a cost of $1.5million to battle. There were no injuries or structures lost.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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