California, 2007

Wildfire in California, September 10 to 12, 2007

September 10 to 12, 2007 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Colina Fire burned 430 acres along Carrancho and Calle Colina Rd near Temecula. A vehicle accident was the cause of this fire.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
5
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 SGX wrote it up.

The Colina Fire burned 430 acres along Carrancho and Calle Colina Rd near Temecula. A vehicle accident was the cause of 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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 10, 1:30 PM PST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 1:30 PM PST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 PM PDT MON SEP 10 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WARMING WITH HOT DAYS INLAND TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. COOLER THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE
HIGH WEAKENS. A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL CAUSE PATCHY COASTAL LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS...BECOMING MORE EXTENSIVE
LATER IN THE WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-THU)...
CLEAR SKIES TODAY EXCEPT FOR PATCHES OF STRATUS NEAR THE SRN
SAN DIEGO COAST THIS MORNING AND A FEW CU OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY AFTERNOON ACARS SOUNDINGS INDICATE AN
INVERSION BASED BELOW 1000 FT WITH WITH WEAK SE WINDS IN THE MID
LEVELS AND SW WINDS ABOVE. WEAK OFFSHORE GRADIENTS FROM THE N AND
ONSHORE TO THE E WITH ABOUT 5 MB SAN-IPL WITH OFFSHORE TRENDS.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WITH WEAK OFFSHORE GRADIENTS FROM THE NE WILL
BRING WARMING TUE AND WED. IT WILL BECOME BRIEFLY HOT INLAND TUE AND
WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND
MOSTLY IN THE 90S IN THE SAN DIEGO INLAND VALLEYS. SLIGHT LOCAL
COOLING W OF THE MOUNTAINS WED AS THE OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WEAKEN BUT
IT WILL STILL BE HOT IN THE INLAND VALLEYS. COOLER THU AS THE HIGH
WEAKENS AND ONSHORE FLOW BECOMES STRONGER. THE MARINE LAYER WILL
REMAIN SHALLOW AND PATCHY OR NONEXISTENT THROUGH WED THEN SHOULD
BECOME A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE BY THU MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM (FRI-MON)...
A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE PAST TO THE N THIS WEEKEND BUT LOCAL
HEIGHTS DO NOT CHANGE MUCH. THIS WILL MAINTAIN GENERALLY FAIR
WEATHER WITH NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS AND A DEEPER MARINE LAYER THROUGH
EARLY AS A WEAK.

&&

.AVIATION...
101900Z...MDCRS SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE MARINE LAYER LESS
THAN 500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY WITH UNRESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY
AT KSAN AND KSNA NEAR 30 DEGREES C AND NEAR 40 DEGREES C AT KONT.
HORTON

&&

.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

PUBLIC...DVA
AVIATION...HORTON

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys - the Inland Empire

When
September 10, 1:45 PM PST to September 12, 7:00 AM PST
Where
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys - the Inland Empire forecast zone
Injuries
4 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
34.293, -116.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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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: 60258.