Wildfire in California, July 25 to 31, 2015

Name: Wildfire in California, July 25 to 31, 2015
Start: 2015-07-25T13:30
End: 2015-07-31T23:59
Location: California

July 25 to 31, 2015 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

The Willow Fire began on July 25, 2015 and continued to burn for the remainder of July and into August. It was human caused and was located 2 miles west of Wishon, CA.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Willow Fire began on July 25, 2015 and continued to burn for the remainder of July and into August. It was human caused and was located 2 miles west of Wishon, CA. It burned 3383 acres as of July 31.

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 25, 2:41 AM PST, 10 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:41 AM PST, 10 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
341 AM PDT SAT JUL 25 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE THE REGION WITH MAINLY CLEAR
SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD WESTWARD BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND
BRING US WARMER TEMPERATURES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN DESERT AND MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY AS MOISTURE IS
PULLED NORTHWARD AROUND THE EXPANDING HIGH PRESSURE AREA.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
WV SATELLITE SHOWS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWEST
COAST WITH A DRY WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS BROUGHT
US DRY CONDITIONS YESTERDAY WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW
CLIMO. THERE IS GOOD MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWING SHORTWAVE IMPULSES
MOVING THROUGH THE TROUGH AND MAINTAINING THIS DRY ONSHORE PATTERN
WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN PROGGED TO BEGIN BUILDING WESTWARD BY
TUESDAY...BRINGING A WARMING TREND FOR US. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH
AROUND NORMAL TUESDAY THEN CONTINUE TO WARM A FEW DEGREES THROUGH
THURSDAY. AS THE FLOW ACROSS OUR REGION BECOMES MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
AROUND THE EDGE OF THE EXPANDING RIDGE...MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE
SIMILAR IN PULLING UP MOISTURE AND BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY FOR A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DESERT AND MOUNTAIN AREAS THURSDAY
THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND CLOUD
COVER SHOULD ALSO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF HEATING FOR THE LATTER HALF
OF THE WEEK...WITH HIGHS A FEW TO SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
BUT WELL BELOW RECORD VALUES.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE.

&&

.CERTAINTY...

THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 1 AND 2 IS HIGH.
THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7 IS MEDIUM.

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.

&&

.CLIMATE...
             RECORDS
SITE DATE    HI_MAX:YEAR LO_MAX:YEAR HI_MIN:YEAR LO_MIN:YEAR

KFAT 07-25      113:2006     76:1913     82:2006     56:1889
KFAT 07-26      113:1931     84:1965     80:1931     56:1955
KFAT 07-27      114:1933     83:1941     79:1933     52:1897

KBFL 07-25      116:1931     84:1984     84:2006     50:1913
KBFL 07-26      117:1931     84:1965     83:1974     55:1903
KBFL 07-27      117:1933     85:1965     83:1980     52:1914
&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

PUBLIC...JEB
AVN/FW...DS
SYNOPSIS...JEB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Event by event

2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, South Sierra Foothills

When: July 25, 1:30 PM PST to July 31, 11:59 PM PST
Where: South Sierra Foothills forecast zone
Reported by: Park/Forest Service

Wildfire, South Sierra Mountains

When: July 25, 1:30 PM PST to July 31, 11:59 PM PST
Where: South Sierra Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: Park/Forest Service

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

Every storm in California in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in California, July 2015

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: 593777, 593778.