Wildfire, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- July 15, 8:28 AM PST to July 23, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
Wildfire in California, July 15 to 23, 2012
The Woods Creek wildfire occurred in Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP. Ignition date was 7/15/12 at 0928 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 Woods Creek wildfire occurred in Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP. Ignition date was 7/15/12 at 0928 PDT. The cause was Unknown. The location was 8 miles ENE of Roads End in Cedar Grove (Fresno County). The size was 325 acres. Containment was reached on 7/23/12. There were no fatalities or lost structures. Cost to containment was $2,740,000.
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 Jul 15, 2:36 AM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:36 AM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 336 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. A DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...WITH ANY MONSOON MOISTURE STAYING WELL EAST OF THE REGION THROUGH MID-WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY. && .DISCUSSION... THE UPPER LEVEL TROF IS WELL ESTABLISHED OVER THE WEST COAST STATES NOW. THE TROF WILL PRODUCE A DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS CENTRAL CA THRU AT LEAST WED. MODELS SHOW MONSOON MOISTURE REMAINING EAST OF THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...POSSIBLY THRU FRI. TEMPERATURES WILL CONT TO LOWER THE NEXT 3 DAYS AS A WEAK FLOW OF MARINE AIR PUSHES THRU THE SAC DELTA AND COASTAL PASSES. IN ADDITION...SYNOPTIC COOLING IS FCST TO CONT AS WELL WITH 850MB TEMPS LOWERING 8-10 DEGS/C TUES AND WED. THIS WILL BRING PLEASANT TEMPS TO THE REGION...WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR MID JULY. MEDIUM RANGE MODEL SHOW THE UPPER TROF WEAKENING AND DISSIPATING BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH THE 4-CORNERS RIDGE BECOMING REESTABLISHED AND BUILDING WEST INTO CA NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A WARMING TREND BEGINNING THURS WITH TEMPS BACK TO CLIMO NORMS /100+ IN THE SJV/ IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN AS A SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS OVER CA. THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE DOUBT ON WHETHER ANY MOISTURE FROM HURCN FABIO WILL BE IN THE MIX THURS AND/OR FRI. MODELS SIMILAR IN RECURVING FABIO NORTHWARD TUES...WITH DISSIPATION OCCURRING WELL WEST OF THE CENTRAL BAJA COAST ALONG 120W LATE WED. THE EURO IS NOW THE MORE BULLISH MODEL IN ADVECTING PRECIP BACK INTO CENTRAL CA THURS. THE 00Z GFS IS THE DRIER MODEL UNTIL FRI...WHEN IT BEGINS TO BRING MONSOON MOISTURE BACK. FOR NOW...JUST HAVING SMALL POPS IN THE SIERRA BEGINNING FRI IN A MORE FAVORABLE MONSOONAL FLOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... NONE. && .CERTAINTY... THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 1 AND 2 IS MEDIUM. THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7 IS LOW. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS PART OF A TRIAL PROJECT CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD. CERTAINTY LEVELS INCLUDE LOW...MEDIUM...AND HIGH. PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HNX/CERTAINTY.PHP /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND/OR TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...BINGHAM AVN/FW...DURFEE SYNOPSIS...BINGHAM WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 2:45 AM PST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 345 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 CAZ089>099-151145- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 345 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:40 AM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 440 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 CAZ096-097-151245- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 440 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 A DRY AND STABLE PATTERN IS CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A MINIMAL THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. A RETURN TO A SOMEWHAT WETTER MONSOONAL PATTER MAY OCCUR LATER IN THE WEEK. MCB 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Washington, July 15, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 15, 2012
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 15, 2012
- Excessive Heat in South Dakota, July 15 to 16, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, July 15, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 15, 2012
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 15, 2012
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: 405828.