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 Sep 11, 8:29 AM PST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 929 AM PDT SAT SEP 11 2004 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...24 HR TEMPERATURE TRENDS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING PLUS OR MINUS A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS THE DISTRICT UNDER GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME REMNANT AC MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. LOCAL SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW LITTLE 24 HR CHANGE IN THE VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION SHOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER DAY OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY BEFORE IT BEGINS TO WEAKEN AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS TODAY VERY NEAR YESTERDAYS READINGS...THEN TEMPERATURES SHOULD TREND DOWN TO NEAR CLIMO AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MOISTURE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND INTO THE KERN DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS IS PROGGED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD TODAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH ADEQUATE INSTABILITY TO PROVIDE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR CONVECTION NEAR THE SIERRA CREST IN ADDITION TO OVER THE KERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND NO UPDATE IS REQUIRED THIS MORNING. .LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT. BUT DIVERGE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. A FASTER FLOW PATTERN WILL SET UP OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FAST FLOW CARVING OUT A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S. A MODERATE NORTHWEST ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A COOL TREND OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIMITED MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXCEPT FOR SOME CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER THE SIERRA...MAINLY WEDNESDAY. SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT FOR FRIDAY AS THE GFS SHOWS 500MB HEIGHTS RECOVERY AS A EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE START TO BUILD INTO CALIFORNIA. IN CONTRAST THE EURO PROGS A DECENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ONSHORE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE CANADIAN GEM IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS. HENCE WILL INDICATE A WARMING TREND AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JEB/MV
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Nehouse Fire burned 204 acres 25 miles east of North Fork in Madera County. Its cause was human in origin but no fatalities, injuries, or structures-lost occurred. The cost to suppress 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, September 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: 5426012.