California, 2005

Wildfire in California, September 1 to 9, 2005

September 1 to 9, 2005 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

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 Aug 31, 8:45 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 8:45 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
945 PM PDT WED AUG 31 2005

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...AFTER TUESDAY/S
COOL DOWN...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE VALLEY SHOWED SOME RECOVERY THIS
AFTERNOON. ON AVERAGE...TEMPERATURES WERE UP 4 DEG-F THIS EVENING
FROM THOSE OF TUESDAY EVENING. MODELS SHOW FURTHER HEATING ON
THURSDAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB UP TO NEAR 100 DEG-F ACROSS THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THIS WILL BE DUE TO A BIULDING RIDGE PATTERN
OVER THE WEST. OTHERWISE...A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT DAY. THEREFORE WILL EXPECT TO SEE A
REALLY MUNDANE PATTERN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS SHORT RANGE MODELS
AGREE IN KEEPING A ZONAL TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE. SO...WILL MAKE
NO UPDATES TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE THIS EVENING.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z FRIDAY.
SPECIFIC DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL.

&&

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/

MOLINA

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, S Sierra Mtns

When
September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 9, 5:00 PM PST
Where
S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

The Corral Fire was lightning started on the 14th of August in the high Sierra Nevada 11 miles southeast of Mammoth Lakes in Madera County. The fire was initially allowed to burn unmanaged through August and became actively managed in early September. The fire burned approximately 195 acres with no injuries or structures lost with the last report on September 9th.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 5475528.