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 21, 1:35 PM PST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
235 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006
.SHORT TERM...CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL CONTINUES AS THE MAIN PROBLEM OF
THE DAY. LATEST DOPPLER RADAR ANALYSIS IS SHOWING A FEW CELLS FIRING
UP OVER SOUTHEASTERN TULARE COUNTY THIS MID-DAY. AS THE ATMOSPHERE
OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL
EXPECT MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO START UP. AT
NOON...MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS IS PLACING THE MOISTURE FLUX DIVERGENCE
BULLS-EYES OVER THE STORMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING. THIS AREA
COVERS EASTERN KERN AND THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. WHILE MODELS
SLOWLY SHIFT THIS AREA A BIT FARTHER NORTH...WILL EXPECT THE MAIN
AREA ON THUNDERSTORMS TO BE CONCENTRATED OVER KERN AND THE SIERRA
NEVADA. WILL LEAVE A MENTION OF VALLEY THUNDERSTORMS AS THE UPPER
LEVEL WIND FLOW REMAINS SOUTHEASTERLY...ALLOWING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
TO POSSIBLY DRIFT INTO THE VALLEY. FURTHERMORE...500MB ANALYSIS
CONTINUES TO INDICATE AN EASTERLY WAVE MOVING AROUND THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE AND PUSHING THROUGH THE DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON.
MODELS ATTEMPT TO PLACE THE VORT MAX OVER THE DISTRICT THIS
AFTERNOON WHICH COULD SUPPORT FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS
ALONG WITH BOTH LI/S AND CAPE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LEAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HAS
ALREADY STARTED. BOTH GFS AND NAM PLACE CAPE BULLS-EYES OF OVER
+1500J/KG ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA ALONG WITH LI/S OF MINUS 2-3
DEG-C. WHILE TEMPERATURES WERE ANOTHER MINOR PROBLEM OF
THE DAY...THIS MORNING CLOUD COVER DID LITTLE TO LOWER THE RATE OF
HEATING THIS AFTERNOON...CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWED LOWER
ELEVATIONS TO STILL REACH THE 100 DEG-F MARK AND WERE WELL ON THEIR
WAY TO YESTERDAY/S VALUES. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ON A
WARMING TREND FOR SATURDAY WITH CONDITIONS LEVELING OFF BY SUNDAY.
MONDAY AND MOST OF THE LONG TERM WILL SEE VALLEY TEMPERATURES
REACHING THE 100 DEG-F MARK EACH AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...SOME DIFFERENCES AMONG
THE MODELS BUT THE GENERAL TREND IS AGREED UPON. THE STRONG UPPER
HIGH SITUATED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO BEGIN THE PERIOD WILL
WEAKEN SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE WEEK. INCREASING ZONAL FLOW OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL FLATTEN THE RIDGE BY MIDWEEK. AS A RESULT
MONSOONAL MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO CENTRAL CA IS DIMINISHED. LEFT
ISOLATED MOUNTAIN/DESERT TSTORMS IN FOR TUESDAY...BUT AGREE WITH
NOT MENTIONING ANYTHING IN ZONES FOR WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND. A SLOW
BUT STEADY DECLINE IN TEMPS IS EXPECTED AS WELL WITH NEAR SEASONAL
NORMS EXPECTED BY THE WEEKS END. LOOKING A LITTLE FARTHER OUT...
MOST MODELS ARE DEVELOPING AN UPPER TROUGH OFF THE PACNW COAST ON
FRIDAY. SOME SUGGEST ENOUGH AMPLIFICATION TO POSSIBLY BRING SOME
MARINE AIR INTO THE VALLEY FOR FURTHER COOLING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER
THE AREA...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA AS WELL AS THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
DUE TO UNUSUALLY HIGH TEMPERATURES...HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDES CONTINUE
TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATION
AIRPORTS. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR
KMCE...KFAT...AND KBFL.
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA FOOTHILLS...AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS FROM 12 PM PDT
TODAY UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING.
&&
MOLINA/DCHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 530 AM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 CAZ089>092-221200- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 530 AM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY. SEE SFONPWHNX /WWUS76 HNX/ FOR DETAILS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MAINLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ093-094-221200- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- 530 AM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY. SEE SFONPWHNX /WWUS76 HNX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ098-099-221200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 530 AM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE MARIPOSA...MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY. SEE SFONPWHNX /WWUS76 HNX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. BINGHAM
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Burnt Fire was lightning initiated late in the afternoon of the 21st of July about 8 miles north of Cedar Grove in the Fresno County portion of the Southern Sierra Nevada. The fire was immediately allowed to burn as a resource management fire and continued through September. The total acreage burned was only 627 acres by the end of September.
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: 5525633.