8 million to extinguish. The Horse Fire was possibly ignited by a campfire abandoned by illegal immigrants.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
The Horse Fire burned 16,681 acres in the mountains southeast of Alpine and cost $6.8 million to extinguish. The Horse Fire was possibly ignited by a campfire abandoned by illegal immigrants. Five firefighters suffered heat related injuries. No structures were damaged or destroyed.
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 Jul 23, 2:30 AM PST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE HOT WEATHER TODAY WITH A HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MANY INLAND LOCATIONS. GRADUALLY COOLER THROUGH THE WEEK AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. MOISTURE IN EAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MOSTLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. DEBRIS CLOUDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT MOST WERE WEAK AND CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. STRATUS WAS STILL QUITE FAR OFFSHORE. ACARS SOUNDINGS INDICATED A NEAR SURFACE BASED INVERSION WITH ELY WINDS THROUGH THE MID LEVELS. ONSHORE GRADIENTS TO THE E WITH ABOUT 4 MB SAN-IPL AND WEAK OFFSHORE FROM THE N. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND ELY FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL CAUSE ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY...HOWEVER NOT AS HOT AS SAT SINCE THE HIGH AND ELY FLOW ARE A LITTLE WEAKER. SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO BE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AND AS A RESULT A HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARMER INLAND COASTAL AREAS...INLAND VALLEYS...LOWER DESERTS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN ELY FLOW FOR AT LEAST SOME CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS TODAY. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE MOISTURE IS 700 MB SO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WILL MORE LIKELY BE THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE FLOW ALOFT SHOULD TURN A LITTLE MORE SE AND THE MOISTURE WILL DECREASE FOR LESS WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MON AND TUE WITH STORMS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THE HIGH ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN FOR A COOLING TREND THROUGH TUE...ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL STILL BE ABOVE SEASONAL. LONGER RANGE PROGS INDICATE THE GENERAL PATTERN OF A WEAKENING HIGH ALOFT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WHICH WILL MAINTAIN THE SLOW COOLING TREND. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE MORE OF A MARINE INFLUENCE WITH A POSSIBLE EDDY BY WED FOR MORE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME MOISTURE IN WEAK ELY FLOW ALOFT FOR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .AVIATION... THE TOP OF A STRONG MARINE INVERSION REMAINS 1200 FEET. LITTLE OR NO STRATUS IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NAM DEVELOPS A COASTAL EDDY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SIMILAR TO SATURDAY. SOME PATCHY STRATUS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST LATE THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED CEILINGS OF 800 TO 1000 FEET MSL WITH TOPS TO 1200 FEET. MID LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE WITH STEERING LEVEL FLOW OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER DESERTS WITH GREATEST COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT OTHER TIMES AND GIVEN THE DIRECTION OF THE STEERING FLOW...SOME COULD MOVE INTO COASTAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 110 (43 CELSIUS) IN THE INLAND VALLEYS...105 TO 110 (41 TO 43 CELSIUS) IN THE UPPER DESERTS...AND 110 TO 120 (43 TO 49 CELSIUS) IN THE LOWER DESERTS. THIS WILL BRING VERY HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE ALTITUDES FOR FAR INLAND AREAS WITH HIGHER THAN AVERAGE DENSITY ALTITUDES FOR SOME AIRPORTS CLOSER TO THE COAST SUCH AS KSNA AND KSAN. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR THE WARMER COASTAL AREAS...INLAND VALLEYS...LOWER DESERTS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. SEE LAXNPWSGX. && PUBLIC...ATKIN AVIATION...MARTIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-232300- 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 SUN JUL 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CAUSE ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY AND AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE WARMER INLAND COASTAL AREAS...INLAND VALLEYS...LOWER DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS BELOW 5000 FEET. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. MOISTURE IN EAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MOSTLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAWTOOTH AND MILLARD BURN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. FOR MONDAY...THERE IS A MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ATKIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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