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 Jul 19, 8:45 AM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 945 AM PDT WED JUL 19 2006 .UPDATE...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING AS WE PREPARE FOR YET ANOTHER SWELTERING AFTERNOON. TRIPLE DIGITS WILL EASILY BE REACHED AGAIN TODAY THROUGHOUT THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL BUILD FARTHER WEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS BRINGING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN UPPER HEIGHTS. THUS THE HOT AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH EVEN A COUPLE DEGREES OF WARMING BY FRIDAY. EDWARDS AFB SOUNDING THIS MORNING HAD A PRECIPITABLE H2O OF A LITTLE OVER 1 INCH AND AN IMPRESSIVE 1.69 PWAT WAS INDICATED ON THE OAKLAND SOUNDING. CONVECTION SEEMS A SURE BET AGAIN TODAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AS A SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO DRAW MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSES MIGRATING WEST AROUND THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE RIDGE ARE PROGGED TO AFFECT CENTRAL CA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ENHANCING TSTORM POTENTIAL. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THINGS HANDLED WELL AND SEE NO NEED TO UPDATE THIS MORNING. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE SOLNS MAINTAIN PERSISTENCE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH DAY 7 WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE GREAT BASIN. ALTHOUGH A LIGHT SE FLOW ALOFT COULD BRING MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTHWESTWARD FROM OLD MEXICO...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH (600+ DM) WILL SUPPRESS AFTN/EVE CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IN FACT...THE MODELS FORECAST A SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS TO EXIST OVER THE CWA. NONETHELESS...WITH THE PRESENCE OF A HIGH LEVEL HEAT SOURCE...AN ISOLD TSTM CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER THE SIERRA CREST ANY AFTN. RATHER THAN AFTERNOON CONVECTION...THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PATTERN WILL BE THE UNRELENTING HEAT...ESP IN THE SJ VLY...LOWER FOOTHILLS AND THE KERN CO DESERT THRU THE PERIOD. IN THESE AREAS...MAX TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK EACH DAY. NIGHTTIME LOWS MAY STAY ABOVE 80 DEGREES IN THE LARGER URBAN AREAS OF THE VALLEY. && .AVIATION...LOCAL MVFR POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA AS WELL AS THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DCH/DURFEE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PDT WED JUL 19 2006 CAZ098-099-201200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 AM PDT WED JUL 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ089>097-201200- 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- 500 AM PDT WED JUL 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BINGHAM
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The King Fire located 2 miles northeast of Mr. Starr King in Yosemite National Park was lightning initiated on the 19th of July. The fire became managed as a resource burn.
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, July 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: 5523468.