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 27, 9:00 PM PST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1000 PM PDT SUN JUN 27 2004 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...AFTERNOON CONVECTION NEAR THE SIERRA NEVADA CREST TODAY WAS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...THOUGH CONFINED A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. ACTIVITY AGAIN DISSIPATED OVER OUR AREA BY SUNSET. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO LOOK SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION NEAR THE CREST THROUGH TUESDAY...SPREADING A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH MONDAY...THEN MORE CONFINED NEAR YOSEMITE TUESDAY. WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC COAST IS PROGGED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH ONLY MINOR HEIGHT AND THICKNESS CHANGES OVER THE DISTRICT. MODELS AGREE ON AT LEAST A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES AND 850 MB TEMPS ON MONDAY...PROVIDING A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF WARMING...THEN BACK DOWN AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...RIGHT AROUND CLIMO. ONSHORE GRADIENTS HAVE RELAXED OVER THE LAST 24 HRS...WITH SFO-LAS NOW AROUND 5 MB VERSUS NEAR 10 MB LAST NIGHT...RESULTING IN LIGHTER WINDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. CURRENT 24 HR TEMPERATURE TRENDS RANGE FROM +8 DEGF AT MCE TO -1 AT BFL...BUT MOSTLY ARE RUNNING UP 1 TO 2 DEGREES. FORECAST FOR LOWS TONIGHT A DEGREE OR SO HIGHER THAN LAST NIGHT LOOKS ON TRACK. UPDATE TONIGHT WILL REMOVE EVENING CONVECTION FROM SIERRA ZONES. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JEB/MOLINA
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Rock fire located at Old Highway and White Rock Road in Catheys Valley in Mariposa County was of unknown origin and burned 100 acres in the early morning hours of the 28th. There were no injuries or structures lost. The cost to battle the fire was unreported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2004
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: 5406285.