Wildfire, Tulare Cty Foothills
- When
- July 5, 11:01 PM PST to July 7, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
Wildfire in California, July 5 to 7, 2007
A wildfire occurred between the 6th and 7th, called the Rock 2 fire. The ignition time was around midnight on the 5th.
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.
A wildfire occurred between the 6th and 7th, called the Rock 2 fire. The ignition time was around midnight on the 5th. The cause of the fire was unknown. The location was 14 miles east of Porterville in Tulare County. The size was 1005 acres and it was contained by 1800 PDT on the 7th. No fatalities or structure damage. The cost to contain the fire was $200,000.
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 5, 8:32 PM PST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 8:32 PM PST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 932 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2007 .UPDATE... NONE. && .DISCUSSION... SOME DEBRI CLOUDS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION IN THE SIERRA AND MOJAVE DESERT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE WELL INTO THE 100S AND NOT MUCH RELIEF ANTICIPATED FOR TOMORROW. AN UPPER TROUGH OFF THE CENTRAL COAST WILL MOVE INTO THE BAY AREA FRIDAY AND COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO TRIGGER A FEW STORMS IN THE SIERRA. MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE FIRE WEATHER THREAT WITH LIGHTNING. MARINE LAYER IS DEEPENING THIS EVENING WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW. BUT STILL RELATIVELY SHALLOW NEAR 1200. SO MAY NOT PROVIDE MUCH RELIEVE FROM THE HEAT. TEMPERATURES TRENDS RUNNING 3-8 DEGREES HIGHER THEN YESTERDAY. MOST LOCALES SHOULD BE WARMER THEN YESTERDAY AND MAY NEED TO ADJUST A COUPLE OF SPOT A BIT HIGHER. NO OTHER CHANGES. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL...AND TWEB ROUTES 421 AND 423. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... THE VALLEY AIR DISTRICT HAS DECLARED FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2007 A SPARE THE AIR DAY IN FRESNO, KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MV/DUDLEY WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:03 AM PST, 17 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 603 AM PDT THU JUL 5 2007 CAZ089>099-061200- 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-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 603 AM PDT THU JUL 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM PDT TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS86 KHNX/ OR /SFORFWHNX/ FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. IN ADDITION...STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WITH ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES YOU MAY ENGAGE IN. REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS86 KHNX/ OR /SFOSPSHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY AND DESPITE A SLIGHT DROP IN TEMPERATURES STILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS86 KHNX/ OR /SFOSPSHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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: 51646.