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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 18, 2:30 AM PST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 230 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2005 .SHORT TERM...MODERATE SANTA ANA EVENT IN FULL SWING THIS MORNING. WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY ARE GUSTING INTO THE 40S WITH A FEW PEAKING AROUND 50. IN THE VALLEYS OF LA AND VENTURA COUNTY WINDS HAVE ONLY SURFACED LOCALLY AS OF 2 AM WITH A FEW REPORTS OF 20-40 MPH. GRADIENTS THIS HOUR ARE SHOWING NEARLY -14MB LAX-TPH AND OVER -6MB LAX-DAG. ETA12 SUGGESTS THAT OFFSHORE GRADIENTS SHOULD BE PEAKING BETWEEN 12Z-15Z THIS MORNING. LATEST DATA FROM SIMI VALLEY PROFILER SHOWING NE WINDS OF 30-40 KTS THROUGH AN ALTITUDE OF 600M. THUS FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT WINDS SURFACING AS CURRENTLY FORECAST IN ALL VALLEYS AND EVEN COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOCALLY IN LA COUNTY. OFFSHORE PATTERN FORECAST BY ALL MODELS TO WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN FURTHER ON SATURDAY BUT LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WIND ADVISORIES CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ARE RIGHT ON THE MARK AND SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR AND QUIET WITH MUCH WEAKER OFFSHORE FLOW (-2.6MB SMX-BFL) RESULTING IN ONLY LOCAL EAST TO NORTHEAST OFFSHORE WINDS THIS MORNING WHICH IS HELPING TO MODERATE MINIMUM TEMPS WITH SOME READINGS STILL IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S AS OF 2 AM. ABSOLUTELY NO MARINE LAYER TO SPEAK OF AND ONLY A THIN VEIL OF HIGH CLOUDS PASSING OVERHEAD FROM UPPER LOW WELL OFFSHORE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. SYNOPTICALLY AN OMEGA-LIKE UPPER LEVEL BLOCKING PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE WRN U.S. THRU SAT WITH SOME BREAKDOWN EXPECTED SUN WITH AN UPPER LOW REMAINING SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OFF THE SOUTHERN CA COAST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST. EVEN ONCE THE GRADIENTS WEAKEN AND WINDS SUBSIDE SATURDAY TEMPS WILL CONTINUE ON THE WARM-SIDE INTO NEXT WEEK CWA-WIDE. .LONG TERM...MODELS SEEM TO INDICATE THAT WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST NEXT WEEK...SINCE THEY TAKE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS WELL TO OUR WEST RIGHT NOW AND MOVE IT JUST TO OUR SOUTH BY THURSDAY. HOWEVER...ANY SHIFT IN THE FORECAST PATH OF THIS LOW TO THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN MORE OF AN ONSHORE PUSH FOR OUR AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK-SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF EARLIER FORECASTS AND KEEP CONDITIONS DRY AND TEMPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR NOW. && .FIRE WEATHER...VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WINDS DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS WILL NECESSITATE THE CONTINUATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LA AND VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...VRF CIGS AND VSBYS THRU SAT MORNING. STRONG NELY WINDS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WILL CAUSE SOME LOW LVL WIND SHEAR THIS MORNING AT KBUR...KVNY AND POSSIBLY OCCASIONALLY AT KLOX. XPCT STRONG NELY WINDS TO SURFACE FROM TIME TO TIME TODAY AT KBUR WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KT POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MORE PERSISTENT AT KVNY TODAY...AND FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE DAY AT KOXR. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). && PUBLIC...MORRIS AVIATION...BRUNO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 231 PM PST THU NOV 17 2005 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-181400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 231 PM PST THU NOV 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A DANGEROUS FIRE RISK. GUSTY NORTHEAST SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. VERY DRY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS FIRE RISK THROUGH SATURDAY. * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MOYER
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The School Canyon Wildfire, fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds, burned 3,891 acres of land north of the city of Ventura. No major structures were damaged, but two firefighters did suffer minor injuries. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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, November 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: 5480177.