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 23, 8:30 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
930 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006
.SHORT TERM...NO CHANGE IN THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN THIS MORNING
AS THE STRONG UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEST. MAY SEE
RECORD TEMPERATURES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS MORNING LOWS OVER THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS WERE ONLY ABLE TO REACH THE UPPER 80S. AT 800 AM...
VALLEY LOCATIONS HAD READINGS IN THE 90S...KFAT AT 98...AND EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE RISING THROUGH OUT THE DAY. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
ALONG WITH RUC80 ANALYSIS SHOWS EVEN MORE MOISTURE PUSHING INTO THE
REGION UNDER AS SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THEREFORE...WITH CAPE
VALUES RISING BACK UP TO AROUND 1500J/KG...WILL SEE ANOTHER DAY OF
THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN...AS MORE MOISTURE CONTINUES TO PUSH IN...THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WILL
THEREFORE...ALLOW THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
PM TONIGHT. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COMBINED WILL A FACTOR TODAY AS
HEAT INDEXES REACH BACK INTO THE +110 DEG-F RANGE. WILL ALSO ALLOW
THE HEAT ADVISORY TO REMAIN IN EFFECT TODAY AS RECORD TEMPERATURES
MAY BE OBSERVED.
&&
.AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AS WELL AS THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
DESERT FROM 19Z SUNDAY TO 07Z MONDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. 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 UNTIL 9 PM TODAY
FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT
SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM PDT TODAY FOR HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE TEHACHAPI
MOUNTAINS.
&&
MOLINAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 653 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 CAZ089>094-241200- 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- 653 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE ADJACENT SIERRA FOOTHILLS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY. SEE SFONPWHNX /WWUS76 HNX/ FOR DETAILS. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 IN MANY AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ095>097-241200- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 653 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 900 PM TODAY. SEE SFOFFAHNX /WGUS66 KHNX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 Scott Fire approximately 2 miles northwest of Frazier Park in the Kern County Mountains was lightning initiated and burned approximately 736 acres. This fire became part of the Mt.Pinos Lightning Complex on the 24th. There were no injuries nor structures lost. The cost to fight the fire was unknown.
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