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 8, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 930 AM PDT TUE JUN 8 2004 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS CENTRAL CA BROUGHT A HEALTHY MARINE INTRUSION INTO THE SJ VLY LAST NIGHT AND THE SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING PROVE IT. IN THE LOWEST 5K FT...TEMPS ARE RUNNING A GOOD 5 DEGREES LOWER THAN 24 HRS AGO IN FAT AND BFL AND THIS TREND IS REFLECTED WELL WITH MAX TEMPS IN OUR ZONE PKG TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...ALL REPORTING STATIONS IN THE SIERNEV FTHLS AND MTNS ARE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THIS MORNING. WHILE SFC PRS GRADIENTS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...THEY STILL REMAIN RATHER IMPRESSIVE...CURRENTLY NEAR 12.0 MB BETWEEN SFO AND LAS. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS DO NOT FORECAST ANY APPRECIABLE INCREASE IN ONSHORE GRADIENTS TODAY...THE CORE OF THE 300 MB JET WILL BECOME POSITIONED DIRECTLY OVER CENTRAL CA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH UPPER AIR SUPPORT TO SUSTAIN LOCALLY STRONG WINDS THRU AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN PASSES OF KERN COUNTY. DURING THE PAST HOUR...SELECT RAWS SITES IN OUR KERN CO MTNS AND DESERT HAVE BEEN REPORTING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. THEREFORE...WILL LET WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 95...98 AND 99 REMAIN IN EFFECT ESSENTIALLY FROM NOON TODAY THRU 1100 PM THIS EVENING. LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE...CLOSED LOW CONTINUES TO MIGRATE SOUTHWARD AND APPEARS TO BE CENTERED NR EUREKA ON CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. AT THIS TIME...THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL BE THE DECIDING FACTOR AS TO HOW ACTIVE OUR WEATHER WILL BECOME ACROSS CENTRAL CA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...THE MODELS POSITION THE CENTER OF THIS LOW RIGHT OVER MERCED COUNTY BY 12Z WED. AS THIS LOW SETTLES SOUTHWARD DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HRS...COOLING ALOFT COMBINED WITH SOME WEAK LIFT WILL PRODUCE ISOLD CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERNEV(NORTH OF KINGS CANYON)BY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...THE MODELS FORECAST IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM BY WEDNESDAY. 500 MB TEMPS FALL TO ABOUT -22C...THE 300 MB JET SETTLES SOUTH OF OUR CWA...AND THE MESO-ETA BRINGS A HEALTHY VORT MAX IN FROM THE COAST DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS. SO THERE IS PLENTY OF CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ACROSS AT LEAST THE NRN HALF OF OUR CWA WEDNESDAY. ALL THAT MIGHT BE LACKING IS THE MOISTURE TO FEED IT. FOR EXAMPLE...THE 12Z MESO-ETA SOUNDING FOR FAT FORECASTS LIFTED INDICES NEAR -2...CAPES NEAR 335 JOULES/KG WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMP NEAR 76 DEGREES BY 21Z WED. EVEN WITH LIMITED MOISTURE... LAPSE RATES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH FOR AMPLE CU DEVELOPMENT OVER AT LEAST THE CENTRAL SJ VLY FROM LATE MORNING ON. OTHERWISE... ISOLD CONVECTION WILL MOST LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WED...AND MAINLY NORTH OF TULARE COUNTY. INTERESTING TO NOTE...MODEL QPF IS MUCH LOWER TODAY FROM YNP TO GIANT FOREST FOR WED...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL FOR EARLY JUNE WITH SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN 7K-8K FT. WHATEVER THE CASE...BY WED NIGHT...CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL HAVE DIMINISHED AS THE CENTER OF THE 50H TROF MOVES EAST OF THE STATE. ON THURSDAY...TEMPS WILL RECOVER PRETTY NICELY IN THE WAKE OF THIS TROF BUT REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. .LONG TERM...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE THEIR DIFFERENCES WITH REGARD TO THE STRENGTH OF A DRY UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN ON SATURDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE PROGS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN BUILDING AN UPPER RIDGE OFF THE COAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE RESULTING IN RISES IN HEIGHTS...THICKNESSES AND 850 MB TEMPS ACROSS THE CWFA IN A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR DIURNAL TEMPERATURES TO RECOVER TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS FOR MID JUNE. THE NOGAPS HOLDS ONTO THE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN MUCH LONGER THAN THE OTHER MODELS WHILE THE GFS BRINGS A SPLITTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH THE OFFSHORE UPPER RIDGE AXIS BY NEXT MONDAY (DAY 7). THE UKMET ON THE OTHER HAND...KEEPS A QUASI-ZONAL UPPER FLOW PATTERN OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND PUSH THE RIDGE AXIS INLAND WHILE THE ECMWF AND GEM ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT AND KEEP THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS IN PLACE JUST OFF THE COAST ON DAYS 6 AND 7. HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE ECMWF/GEM SOLUTION BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW. WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS FOR THE END OF THIS PERIOD UNTIL THE MODELS GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. REGARDLESS OF WHICH SOLUTION VERIFIES...EXPECT LITTLE IF ANY MOISTURE TO AFFECT THE CWFA DURING THIS PERIOD. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FROM NOON TO 1000 PM. && DURFEE/DS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1131 AM PDT TUE JUN 8 2004 CAZ098-099-091200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 1131 AM PDT TUE JUN 8 2004 1131 AM PDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM NOON THROUGH 1100 PM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FROM HANFORD /WWUS76 KHNX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ095-091200- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1131 AM PDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM NOON THROUGH 1100 PM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FROM HANFORD /WWUS76 KHNX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ089>094-096-097-091200- 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- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1131 AM PDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. DCH
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Castle Fire consumed 800 acres about 1/2 mile NE of Woodlake in Tulare County. There were no structures lost or injuries. The cost to battle this human started fire was unknown.
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: 5406282.