The Eagle fire started around 0940 PST on July 21, off Eagles Nest Road and Camino San Ignacio, roughly five miles east of Warner Springs. Only one outbuilding was destroyed, and the fire generally burned in unpopulated areas to a total size of 14,140 acres.
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The Eagle fire started around 0940 PST on July 21, off Eagles Nest Road and Camino San Ignacio, roughly five miles east of Warner Springs. Only one outbuilding was destroyed, and the fire generally burned in unpopulated areas to a total size of 14,140 acres. Eighteen fire personnel suffered non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the fire was determined to be arson. Lost Valley Boy Scout Camp and the Borrego Palm Canyon Campground were evacuated while the fire was battled and reopened soon after the fire was fully contained on Saturday the 23rd.
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 Jul 21, 7:50 AM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 850 AM PDT THU JUL 21 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL KEEP SEASONAL...MID-SUMMER WEATHER OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL CONTINUE AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...EXTENDING LOCALLY INTO THE VALLEYS. OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE EAST WILL FEED SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE OUR WAY...WITH PERIODS OF HIGHER CLOUDS. IT WILL BE WARMER ALL AREAS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY. AS THE MOISTURE INCREASES...THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS CUT-OFF FROM SW CA THIS MORNING. THE WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A TROUGH DIVING SOUTH THROUGH THE PACIFIC NW AND EXPANDING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN...WHILE THE MONSOONAL STREAM OF MOISTURE FROM MEXICO IS SHUNTED EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE 12Z MIRAMAR SOUNDING SHOWED DEEP WESTERLY FLOW AND A PW OF ONLY 0.56 INCH. A 10 DEGREE C MARINE INVERSION WAS BASED NEAR 1800 FT MSL. ON EARLY VIS IMAGERY A SOLID STRATUS DECK REACHED INTO THE COASTAL VALLEYS AND EXTENDED FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES OFFSHORE. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WERE 4-7 MBS ONSHORE TO THE DESERTS. WE ARE ON TRACK FOR TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER OVER SOCAL WITH TEMPS NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS...NIGHT AND MORNING MARINE CLOUDS...AND NO PRECIPITATION THROUGH ABOUT SAT. AFTER SAT...IT WILL BEGIN TO WARM A BIT...AND THE HUMIDITY MAY INCREASE AS WELL AS THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH TO THE EAST BUILDS WESTWARD. SE FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING SOME MID-UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE BACK OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL MEAN ADDITIONAL HIGHER CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOISTURE IS NOT EXCESSIVE...AND WITH THE RIDGE AXIS ALOFT...ANY CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS LOOKS QUITE SMALL. FOR NEXT WEEK...MODELS TRY AND BUILD THE WEST COAST TROUGH AGAIN... AT LEAST THROUGH MID WEEK...BRINGING DRYING AND MORE STABILITY. FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS OVER THE SW AND DRAWS WHAT IS LEFT OF DORA NORTH...WELL OFF THE COAST. STILL...A WEAK TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH IT MAY ERODE STABILITY ENOUGH FOR SOME SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS OVER SOCAL EVEN THOUGH MODELS CURRENTLY SHOW NO PCPN. && .AVIATION... 211542Z...THROUGH 1700 UTC OVC-BKN STRATUS EXTENDS OVER WATER TO 25SM INLAND WITH BASES FL010-015 AND TOPS FL020. BETWEEN 1700 UTC-22/0200 UTC MOSTLY SKC OVER LAND WHILE CONTINUING BKN-SCT STRATUS OVER WATER/IMMEDIATE COAST. BETWEEN 22/0200-0900 UTC STRATUS INCREASING BACK TO OVC AND SPREADING INLAND 25-30SM. BETWEEN 22/1200-1500 UTC LIFR CONDS AGAIN POSSIBLE AT INLAND AIRPORTS...KONT...KRAL...KRNM WITH CIG/VSBY AOB 5 HND FT AGL/1SM. A WEAKER INVERSION FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD ALLOW FOR EARLIER CLEARING AFTER CLEARING...BY 22/1600 UTC INLAND AREAS AND 22/1800 UTC COAST. && .MARINE... MAJOR HURRICANE DORA...CENTERED ABOUT 380 NM SE OF CABO SAN LUCAS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SWELL WINDOW LATE SATURDAY AS A WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM. WAMIII MODEL FOR MID DAY SUNDAY HAS 15 FT/9 SECOND SEAS IN ITS SE QUADRANT ABOUT 500 NM S OF SAN MATEO POINT. MANUAL FORECAST USING BRETSCHNEIDER NOMOGRAMS AND FACTORING IN 45 DEGREE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE FOR ORANGE COUNTY COAST YIELDS 5 FEET/11 SECOND SWELL ARRIVING MIDDAY MONDAY. ANGLE OF INCIDENT FOR MAJORITY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST IS ALMOST 90 DEGREES SO EXPECT LITTLE IMPACT ON SURF HEIGHTS THERE. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...JAD AVIATION/MARINE...BALFOUR NWS ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 348 AM PDT THU JUL 21 2011 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-220100- 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- 348 AM PDT THU JUL 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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