Wildfire, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 30, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2008
The Tehipite wildfire was ignited on July 19 at 1215 PST. The cause was lightning.
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 Tehipite wildfire was ignited on July 19 at 1215 PST. The cause was lightning. The location was 20 miles northeast of Dunlap in Fresno County in Sequoia National Park. The size was 11,085 acres. The wildfire was ongoing at the end of the month. There were no fatalities or properties damaged. The cost to containment was $733,000.
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 Aug 31, 8:52 PM PST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 8:52 PM PST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 952 PM PDT SUN AUG 31 2008 .UPDATE...FORECAST UPDATED FOR EXPIRED WIND ADVISORY && .DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NOW PUSHING EAST FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT COOLING TO INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TODAY. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WAS USHERED INTO THE REGION AND LOWS THIS MORNING RAN AROUND 5-10 DEGREES BELOW SATURDAY MORNING WHILE HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON AVERAGED 10-15 DEGREES LOWER THAN SATURDAY. ONSHORE FLOW IS TAPERING OFF AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST AND GRADIENTS SLACKEN. THE MARINE LAYER WHICH LIFTED ABOVE 2000 FEET EARLIER TODAY HAS NOW SUNK BACK DOWN TO AROUND 1500 FEET. ALTHOUGH THE MAJOR COOLING IS WINDING DOWN...OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT AND HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER BEHIND THE PASSING TROUGH. A WARMING TREND WILL THEN BE IN STORE AS AN UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE WEST COAST...WITH TEMPERATURES BACK TO SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WHILE BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPED IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT WITH THE PASSING SYSTEM...SPEEDS STAYED MAINLY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS REMAINED ONLY MODERATE AND THE UPPER JET STAYED NORTH OF THE AREA. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND THE FORECAST UPDATED TO REMOVE THE HEADLINES...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... NONE && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...JEB AVN/FW...BINGHAM WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 4:00 AM PST, 20 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PDT SUN AUG 31 2008 CAZ095-098-099-010400- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 AM PDT SUN AUG 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE /SFONPWHNX OR WWUS76 KHNX/ ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HANFORD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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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More
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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: 137031.