Wildfire in California, July 21 to 22, 2007

Name: Wildfire in California, July 21 to 22, 2007
Start: 2007-07-21T10:07
End: 2007-07-22T17:00
Location: California

July 21 to 22, 2007 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Digier wildfire occurred 2 miles northwest of Lebec in Kern County. The size of the wildfire was 364 acres.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

The Digier wildfire occurred 2 miles northwest of Lebec in Kern County. The size of the wildfire was 364 acres. There were no damages or injuries. The cost for containment was unknown.

What forecasters said that day

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, 8:17 AM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 8:17 AM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
917 AM PDT SAT JUL 21 2007

.UPDATE...
NONE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA WITH COOL TEMPERATURES STARTING IN THE
60S IN THE VALLEY AND DESERT. INDICATORS HINTING AT THE MARITIME
INFLUENCE DIMINISHING TODAY. THE UPPER RIDGE IN THE DESERT SW IS
BUILDING IN AS SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE MID LEVEL WIND FLOW TURNING
FROM SW TO W AND WARMING BELOW 10KFT. VALLEY PROFILERS SHOW ABOUT
1C DEGREES WARMING IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH RAWS STATION IN THE
MOUNTAINS 2-5F DEGREES WARMER THAN 24 HOURS AGO. THUS EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO WARM TO NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS THEN REMAIN ABOVE THEREAFTER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE
TAFS AT KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL...AND TWEB ROUTES 421 AND 423.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MV/JDB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 4:45 AM PST, 5 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
545 AM PDT SAT JUL 21 2007

CAZ098-099-221245-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
545 AM PDT SAT JUL 21 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO THE AREA
NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Kern Cty Mtns

When: July 21, 10:07 AM PST to July 22, 5:00 PM PST
Where: Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in California, July 2007

Sources

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: 51648.