California, 2005Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2005
August 1 to 31, 2005 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 31, 7:45 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 7:45 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
845 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2005
.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...CONVECTION HAS
ENDED AGAIN OVER THE SIERRA AND CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS LOTS OF DRY AIR OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IN
THE SOUTHWEST FLOW. UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO
SLIDE TO THE SOUTHEAST ALONG 40/135W. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING SOME
MINOR CHANGES TO THE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AS SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE AND THE ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD USHER IN SOME
MARINE AIR INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE BIG TRICK TO THE
FORECAST WILL BE THE THREAT OF CONVECTION OVER THE SIERRA AND KERN
DESERT AND MOUNTAIN AREAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE LATEST
CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS ON THE MESO ETA MODEL SUGGEST THAT MONDAY
WILL BE THUNDER FREE AS THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS LIMITED TO
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THIS SEEMS PLAUSIBLE AND THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT
MAY NEED TO REMOVE ANY THUNDER THREAT...OR NOT. WILL OPT TO KEEP
THE CURRENT GRID PACKAGE INTACT AND NOT MAKE ANY UPDATES.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL PATTERN AND FORECAST FOUR CORNERS
HIGH TO BUILD WESTWARD INTO CA THURSDAY...THEN REMAIN IN CONTROL THRU
THE WEEKEND. MEANWHILE...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE LURKING
ACROSS SOUTHERN CA. HOWEVER...THE GFS INDICATES THAT LITTLE IF ANY
OF THIS MOISTURE BEGINS CREEPING NORTHWARD UNTIL PERHAPS FRI NIGHT
OR SATURDAY. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON THE ORIENTATION OF THE RIDGE
OVER NW NEVADA. THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS FORECASTS A LIGHT SE FLOW
ALOFT TO BECOME ESTABLISHED BY THE WEEKEND WHICH WOULD IN TURN
FAVOR AN INFLUX OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR
AND A RESULTANT INCREASE IN TSTM ACTIVITY OVER THE KERN CO MTNS AND
DESERT AS WELL AS THE HIGH SIERRA. CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW AT THIS
TIME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BEEF UP POPS IN THESE AREAS ON
DAYS 6 AND 7. SUCCESSIVE RUNS OF THE LONG RANGE MODELS WILL
HOPEFULLY SHED MORE LIGHT ON THIS SCENARIO IN THE DAYS TO COME.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT LATE DAY CONVECTION TO BE ISOLD AT BEST IN THE
ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS THRU THE PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY...THE GFS
FORECASTS 850 MB TEMPS TO BE BETWEEN 25C AND 29C WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS
CONSISTENTLY AT OR ABOVE 590 DM. TRANSLATED...THIS MEANS TEMPS WILL
REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH DAY 7.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH AT
LEAST 00Z TUESDAY. REFER TO TAFS AT KMCE...KFAT...AND KBFL FOR
DETAILS.
&&
.HNX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
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DUDLEY/DURFEE
Wildfire, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM PST to August 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
The Crag Fire was lightning caused during extensive convective activity in the Kern Deserts northward into Interior Central California on July 24th. The fire started 5 miles northwest of Kennedy Meadows in Tulare County and burned 600 acres by the end of August. The fire was allowed to burn for resources benefit with no structures threatened but the cost to initially fight and then manage the fire was $275K through the end of August.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2005$60 million · 21 events
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2005$43 million · 20 events
- Drought in Illinois, August 1 to 31, 2005$48 million · 13 events
- Drought in Missouri, August 1 to 31, 2005$12 million · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in New York, August 1, 2005$330,000 · F1 · 11 events
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 1, 2005$150,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 2005$150,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 1, 2005$110,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 1, 2005$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 1, 2005$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, August 1 to 2, 2005$45,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 2005$50,000 · 1 event
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: 5469635.