Wildfire in California, May 13 to 15, 2007

Name: Wildfire in California, May 13 to 15, 2007
Start: 2007-05-13T13:20
End: 2007-05-15T05:00
Location: California

May 13 to 15, 2007 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Wofford fire, a wildfire of 525 acres, occurred from May 13 to May 15. The location was 1 mile south of Kernville on BLM land.

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 Wofford fire, a wildfire of 525 acres, occurred from May 13 to May 15. The location was 1 mile south of Kernville on BLM land. The fire was contained on May 15 at 6 AM PDT. No injuries or damages were reported from this fire.

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 May 13, 7:53 AM PST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:53 AM PST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
853 AM PDT SUN MAY 13 2007

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS MOVING ACROSS WA THIS
MORNING. TROF TRAILING SOUTH INTO CA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH
THIS EVE. ONSHORE GRADIENTS SFO-LAS HAVE CHANGED LITTLE FROM 24
HRS AGO...SO MARINE INFLUENCE WILL CONT TO BE FELT TODAY...WITH
LITTLE TEMP CHANGE OVER YESTERDAY. GFS AND WRF BUILD SFC HIGH INTO
THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT WHICH PUSHES THE THERMAL LOW BACK INTO CA.
AND...AS THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS...WE WILL SEE A QUICK WARM-UP
MON. CURRENT FCST LOOKS FINE AND NO MORNING UPDATE NEEDED.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH 18Z
MONDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE TAFS AT
KMCE/KFAT AND KBFL...AND TWEB ROUTES 421 AND 423. DS

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE

&&

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

BINGHAM/MOLINA

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Kern Cty Mtns

When: May 13, 1:20 PM PST to May 15, 5:00 AM PST
Where: Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

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, May 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: 36380.