The Haverford Fire burned 25 acres of brush along highway 78 near Ramona before being extinguished. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
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The Haverford Fire burned 25 acres of brush along highway 78 near Ramona before being extinguished. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. One of the injured firefighters was inside a brush truck when a load of fire retardant landed on the engine and broke the windshield. He was taken to the hospital with cuts to his face. The fire was sparked by a diamond saw.
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 Nov 24, 9:30 AM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PST SAT NOV 24 2007 .SYNOPSIS...MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES TODAY. FAIR SUNDAY WITH WEAKENING OFFSHORE FLOW. WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EARLY NEXT WEEK. FAIR MID WEEK THEN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS AND COOLING TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUE)...CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD A NEAR SURFACE BASED INVERSION WITH INCREASING NE TO N WIND ALOFT. OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WITH ABOUT -10 MB SAN-TPH AND THERE WERE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS. GOOD UPPER SUPPORT AND THERMAL SUPPORT BUT ONLY MODERATE GRADIENT SUPPORT FOR OFFSHORE WINDS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE CAJON PASS AND IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS WHERE THEY SHOULD GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF ABOUT 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES OF THE SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE SUPPORT FOR OFFSHORE WINDS WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY TONIGHT INTO SUN. CURRENT RED FLAG WARNINGS...WINDS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON LOOK OK. COOL TO COLD TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH DESERTS AND INLAND VALLEYS UNDER CLEAR SKIES WITH LOW DEW POINTS AND LESS WIND. GENERALLY FAIR WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDINESS IN W TO SW WINDS ALOFT SUN. A LITTLE WARMER SUN UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WITH WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW. A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH MON WHICH WILL BRING A RETURN OF AREAS OF COASTAL STRATUS AND MORE MID TO HIGH CLOUDINESS FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. PATCHY MARINE LAYER CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE MON NIGHT INTO TUE MORNING AND HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AS THE TROUGH MOVES E. RELATIVELY MINOR TEMP CHANGES MON AND TUE. && .LONG TERM (WED-SAT)...MODELS REMAIN INCONSISTENT BUT CURRENTLY INDICATE AN UPPER LOW WILL SPLIT MID WEEK WITH A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING OFF THE COAST AND A TROUGH TO THE NE. THIS SHOULD CAUSE WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW FOR GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER. ANOTHER TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NW IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE CLOUDS AND COOLING TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS TROUGH...COMBINED WITH THE UPPER LOW KICKING INLAND FROM THE SW...WILL BRING A SMALL POPS. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED PROGS...IT IS TOO EARLY TO INCLUDE PRECIP THAT FAR OUT. && .AVIATION... 241500Z...NO MARINE LAYER OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO AN OFFSHORE FLOW. A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES. THE MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS WITH ASSOCIATED UP AND DOWN DRAFTS AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR...ESPECIALLY NEAR KONT TODAY. THE WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST NEAR KONT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HORTON && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INLAND VALLEYS AND ORANGE COUNTY. SEE LAXRFWSGX. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. SEE LAXNPWSGX. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY INLAND VALLEYS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND COACHELLA VALLEY. SEE LAXNPWSGX. && PUBLIC...DA AVIATION...HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 350 AM PST SAT NOV 24 2007 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-250200- 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- 350 AM PST SAT NOV 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. SEE LAXNPWSGX AND LAXRFWSGX FOR DETAILS. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING IN THE UPPER DESERTS. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARTIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
726 AM PST SAT NOV 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 AM FREEZE HESPERIA 34.42N 117.30W
11/24/2007 M26.00 F SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
0719 AM FREEZE APPLE VALLEY 34.53N 117.21W
11/24/2007 M24.00 F SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
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AHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
726 AM PST SAT NOV 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 AM FREEZE HESPERIA 34.42N 117.30W
11/24/2007 26.00 F SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
0719 AM FREEZE APPLE VALLEY 34.53N 117.21W
11/24/2007 24.00 F SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
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AHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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