S. side of the border and over 1,000 acres in Mexico.
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 episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Named the Border Fire, it consumed 965 acres on the U.S. side of the border and over 1,000 acres in Mexico. The blaze started in Mexico and quickly moved north over the border near Campo, forcing the closure of Route 94. One structure was destroyed by the fire.
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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 8:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PDT MON SEP 13 2004 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL WEAKEN AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEEPENS TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE MARINE LAYER WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS CONTINUING. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. MARINE LAYER AT AROUND 2500 FEET PLUS THIS MORNING WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A WEAK TROUGH WILL DEEPEN SLIGHTLY OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TUE. COASTAL EDDY SPINNING UP AND EVIDENT IN SATELLITE IMAGES THIS MORNING. EDDY SHOULD BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLY PERSISTING AT SOME COASTAL AREAS. WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE WELL TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE TROUGH WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE TUE THRU SAT. EXTENDED GFS CONTINUES TO DEEPEN TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S. SUN AND MON...WEAKENING TUE. ECMWF ALSO SHOWS TROUGH SIMILAR TO GFS. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE AND NOT QUITE GOING ALL THE WAY WITH IT. HEIGHTS STILL ON THE HIGH SIDE WITH ONLY 579 DOWN TO SAN DIEGO. WILL JUST GO A FEW DEGREES COOLER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES COOLER TODAY AND A BIT MORE TUE WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE WED THRU SAT...THEN A FEW MORE DEGREES COOLER EARLY NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS EXCEPT BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WHITLOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1240 PM PDT SUN SEP 12 2004 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-131300- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND YUCCA VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1240 PM PDT SUN SEP 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ATKIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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: 5422710.