Wildfire, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- August 24, 11:27 AM PST to August 28, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
Wildfire in California, August 24 to 28, 2010
The Post Wildfire occurred in Kern County near Lebec, and was managed by the Kern County Fire Department. The Ignition date was August 24, 2010 at 1227 PDT.
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 Post Wildfire occurred in Kern County near Lebec, and was managed by the Kern County Fire Department. The Ignition date was August 24, 2010 at 1227 PDT. The cause was unknown and the size was 1312 acres. Containment was made on August 28, 2010. There were no fatalities or structures lost, and the cost was $5,139,691.
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 24, 8:43 AM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 8:43 AM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 943 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010 .SYNOPSIS... CLEAR SKIES AND HOT TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOMINATING THE AREA. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DESERT THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... NO CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST AS TEMPERATURE TRENDS ARE ON TRACK WITH CURRENT FORECAST AND CLEAR SKIES AND VERY HOT CONDDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FA. UPPER RIDGE IS BECOMING WELL ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS BEFORE A REFRESHING COOL DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT IS OUT CONCERNING HOT CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDWEEK AND THEN THE SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. SOME MONSOON MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE KERN COUNTY DESERT REGION ON THURSDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010/ DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO PROG SIGNIFICANT WARMING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN US. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH A PEAK ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SOME RECORDS POSSIBLY THREATENED...AS HEIGHTS...THICKNESSES AND 850 MB TEMPS TREND UPWARD. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE QUITE HOT...THE DRY AIRMASS WILL KEEP APPARENT TEMPERATURES MOSTLY BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR HEAT WARNINGS...AND ALLOW FOR RELATIVELY MILD OVERNIGHT LOWS. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DROPPING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST THURSDAY. THIS WILL BEGIN TO DISPLACE AND WEAKEN THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE...INITIATING WHAT WILL BECOME A SUBSTANTIAL COOL DOWN FOR OUR AREA. IT WILL ALSO DRAW SOME MOISTURE NORTHWARD...BRUSHING THE DISTRICT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SIERRA AND DESERT ZONES. THE COOL DOWN WILL BEGIN THURSDAY BUT TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER JUST A FEW DEGREES...STILL WELL ABOVE CLIMO. MORE NOTABLE COOLING IS THEN IN STORE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE TROUGH MOVES INLAND AND DEEPENS AS ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY SWINGS THROUGH. BY THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS MUCH AS 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THE UPCOMING CHANGE IN WEATHER CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... ON TUESDAY AUGUST 24 2010... UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS IN FRESNO... KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT VALLEYAIR.ORG && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...JDB/JEB AVN/FW...BROTHERTON SYNOPSIS...PJ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 4:19 AM PST, 7 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 519 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010 CAZ095-098-099-251200- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 519 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY INCREASING MOISTURE WILL MAKE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. .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. WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD CAZ096-097-251200- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 519 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY INCREASING MOISTURE WILL MAKE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. .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. 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: 259376.