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 2, 2:00 PM PST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 300 PM PDT THU JUN 2 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...SURFACE ANALYSIS ALONG WITH UPPER AIR MODEL DATA CONTINUE TO SHOW A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON. PROFILER DATA ALONG WITH 24 HOUR CHANGE CHARTS SHOW COOLER CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN RUNNING SOME 2 TO 4 DEG-F BELOW THAT OF WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO EXPECT SLIGHT COOLER CONDITIONS THROUGH OUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO DOMINATES THE REGION. THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM REMAINS A SHORTWAVE IMPULSE WHICH HELPED TIGHTEN UP THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE VALLEY...AND 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SUPPORT FROM AN +70KTS UPPER JET PROGGED TO STAY JUST NORTH OF THE AREA...WHICH WILL KEEP WINDS AT BORDERLINE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. FORECAST WILL INDICATE JUST LOCAL AREAS MEETING ADVISORY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...WITH NO HEADLINES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. MODELS SHOW THE JET EXITING OUT OVERNIGHT WITH SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS RELAXING BY FRIDAY. WILL TREND WIND SPEED DOWN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. OTHERWISE A DRY FORECAST FOR NEXT FEW DAYS EXPECTED WITH SOME CUMULUS CLOUD DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXISTING PACKAGE AS MODELS KEEP A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. ALTHOUGH AN OUTSIDE SHOT OF PRECIPITATION REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE YOSEMITE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY, WILL CHOOSE NOT TO INCLUDE IN THE OUTGOING PRODUCTS AS IMPULSE ARRIVAL DOESN/T CORRESPOND WELL WITH PREFERRED DIURNAL HEATING/INSTABILITY TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SHORT OF SEASONAL LEVELS, WITH OCCASIONALLY BREEZY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AS THE UPPER LOW PIVOTS INLAND INTO MIDWEEK, WINDS WILL DIMINISH ALTHOUGH THE FLOW STILL REMAINS ONSHORE. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RECOVER TOWARD SEASONAL LEVELS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LOCATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z SATURDAY. REFER TO TAFS AT KMCE, KFAT, AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/ MOLINA/BURGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 530 AM PDT THU JUN 2 2005 CAZ089>099-031200- 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- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 530 AM PDT THU JUN 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY ...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JEB
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lehigh Fire was human-caused and burned 800 acres east of Tehachapi in the Kern County Mountains. The cost to fight the fire was unknown but no structures were lost or injuries occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2005
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: 5462016.