1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 200 PM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 .SYNOPSIS... THE MARINE LAYER AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS...EXTENDING LOCALLY INLAND. RESIDUAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOONS THIS WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE WEATHER FAIR THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... WHILE THE MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DEEPEN...MAJOR DRYING TOOK PLACE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS WITH DEWPOINTS DOWN 15 TO 40 DEGREES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. MODELS DID NOT PICK UP ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS CHANGE BUT DO NOT SHOW AN INCREASE EITHER. ASIDE FROM SLOW DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED WITH LONG WAVE TROUGH QUASI-STATIONARY BETWEEN 120-125 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE THROUGH TUESDAY. FOR GRIDS...ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION USED OBSERVED DEWPOINTS AND ADJUSTED TREND TO SHOW LITTLE TO NO INCREASE THROUGH NEXT 24 HOURS THEN A SLIGHT CREEP UPWARD. AFTER TUESDAY THE LONG WAVE PATTERN READJUSTS WITH THE MEAN TROUGH RETROGRADING TO 145 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE...FORCING THE CURRENT TROUGH TO FIRST DIG THEN EJECT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS MIGHT CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER DEPENDING ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE TROUGH/CUTOFF LOW IS TAKEN...BUT OTHERWISE CONTINUE THE DRY PATTERN FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. FROM FRIDAY ON SLOW WARMING AND SHRINKING OF THE MARIN LAYER SHOULD OCCUR AS RIDGE REBUILDS. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEB ADEQUATELY REFLECT EXPECTED CONDITIONS. SEE TAFS LAXTAFSAN...LAXTAFCRQ...LAXTAFSNA...LAXTAFONT... LAXTAFPSP...LAXTAFTRM...AND TWEB LAXTWB432 FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. THE MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT WITH THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFFECTING ALL COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS AFTER 03Z ON THE COAST AND AFTER 10Z IN THE VALLEY TAF SITES. CEILINGS WILL VARY FROM 600 FEET IN THE VALLEYS TO OVER 1000 FEET IN MOST LOCATIONS ON THE COAST. VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN AT 3 MILES OR ABOVE FOR THE MOST PART. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...BALFOUR AVIATION/MARINE...PURPURA NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-122300- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 400 AM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Creek Fire burned 300 acres of grass and desert brush near the unincorporated community of Snow Creek. No structures were burned and no injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2006
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: 5532726.