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 Sep 20, 8:29 AM PST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 929 AM PDT TUE SEP 20 2005 .SHORT TERM FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...UPPER LOW SITTING OFFSHORE NEAR POINT CONCEPTION CONTINUES TO PULL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING QUICKLY NORTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AS THE LOW TRACKS VERY SLOWLY INLAND. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE DUE TO THE QUICK MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN 24 HRS AGO...THOUGH WITH INCREASED CLOUDS AND RAIN...AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. AS THE LOW OPENS UP AND LIFTS OUT WEDNESDAY...DRIER WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL RETURN AND TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY. NO UPDATE IS ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY/S FORECAST. .LONG TERM...FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...00Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT. MODELS INDICATE THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN FAIRLY ACTIVE. PROGS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RIDGE INTO ALASKA AND WESTERN CANADA RESULTING IN A LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WEST. AN INITIAL SHORT WAVE SHOULD STRENGTHEN ONSHORE GRADIENTS AND START A COOLING TREND FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL FOLLOW RESULTING IN A CUTOFF UPPER LOW ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST ON SATURDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE SIERRA AS LATEST GFS SHOWS GOOD DYNAMICS AS WELL AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE LOW PUSHES INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BRINGING COLD AIR ALOFT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY. THE LOW FINALLY OPENS UP AND LIFTING IT OUT MONDAY. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 12Z WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. SPECIFIC DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/ JEB/MV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PDT TUE SEP 20 2005 CAZ089>099-211200- 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- 500 AM PDT TUE SEP 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY FAST MOVING SO NO A LOT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE NIGHT TONIGHT...ENDING THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. BINGHAM
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Los Banos Fire just west of Interstate Highway 5 and west of the community of Los Banos was initiated by lightning on the afternoon of the 20th. The fire burned 900 grassland acres before it was contained but no injuries occurred nor structures lost.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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