Wildfire, Randall
- When
- April 24, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, April 24, 2006
A wildfire six miles south-southwest of Umbarger on the southwest side of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge burned three hundred acres. There were no reports of structural damage or injuries.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 AMA wrote it up.
A wildfire six miles south-southwest of Umbarger on the southwest side of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge burned three hundred acres. There were no reports of structural damage or injuries.
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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 245 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF BACKING UP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. BUT AS NIGHTFALL APPROACHES...BELIEVE THAT THE FRONT WILL PUSH BACK TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THINK THE NAM MODEL IS MOST CORRECT IN BRINGING THE LOW CLOUDS OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. STILL WENT WITH THE COOLER MAV GUIDANCE NUMBERS AS MODELS ARE UNDER-DOING THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR. UNDER CUT THE MAV NUMBERS ON TUESDAY FOR HIGHS AS LOW CLOUDS MAY STICK AROUND IN THE MORNING. HOWEVER...DID NOT GO AS LOW AS THE NAM. THE NAM HANDLES THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDING INTO THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY NIGHT THE BEST. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FREEZE WARNINGS ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS LOW CLOUDS SHOULD BE LIMITED. ALL EYES THEN TURN TO THE NEXT UPPER LOW WHICH GETS CUT OFF OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA BY MID WEEK. THERE ARE A FEW TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THE MODELS...BUT A GENERAL SLOW DOWN OF THE UPPER LOW LOOKS TO BE THE TREND. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND EXTENDED POPS INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STORM SLOWING UP. GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE MEX NUMBERS FOR HIGHS AND POPS FROM DAY 4 AND BEYOND. CAN NOT FIND A REASON TO GO AGAINST THE POPS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS UPPER LOW REMAINS TO OUR WEST AND A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WHICH COULD BRING A MINOR SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE AREA JUST ABOUT ANYTIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 39 58 34 67 / 0 0 0 0 BEAVER OK 39 55 31 66 / 0 0 0 0 BOISE CITY OK 34 54 30 65 / 0 0 0 0 BORGER TX 39 57 36 68 / 0 0 0 0 BOYS RANCH TX 40 60 34 72 / 0 0 0 0 CANYON TX 40 61 33 68 / 0 0 0 0 CLARENDON TX 43 58 35 67 / 0 0 0 0 DALHART TX 38 55 31 68 / 0 0 0 0 GUYMON OK 38 58 32 67 / 0 0 0 0 HEREFORD TX 37 61 32 69 / 0 0 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 40 58 30 67 / 0 0 0 0 PAMPA TX 37 55 34 64 / 0 0 0 0 SHAMROCK TX 45 58 34 68 / 0 0 0 0 WELLINGTON TX 47 60 35 69 / 0 0 0 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17/15
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 245 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 245 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. AS A RESULT... BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JORDAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 24, 12:07 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
107 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM HAIL 1 S CANADIAN 35.90N 100.38W
04/24/2006 E0.75 INCH HEMPHILL TX PUBLIC
&&
MRKLocal storm report, Apr 24, 12:10 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
110 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 PM HAIL 4 SW CANADIAN 35.87N 100.43W
04/23/2006 E1.75 INCH HEMPHILL TX PUBLIC
&&
MRKLocal storm report, Apr 24, 1:56 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
256 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM HAIL 10 W LOCUST GROVE 36.11N 100.55W
04/23/2006 E1.75 INCH OCHILTREE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
ON THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB
COUNTIES
&&
MRKLocal storm report, Apr 24, 2:57 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
357 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM HAIL 3 SE BOYS RANCH 35.48N 102.21W
04/23/2006 E1.75 INCH OLDHAM TX PUBLIC
GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED BY RANCH EMPLOYEE AT HIS HOME
&&
MRK/SDThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hail in Kansas, April 24, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 24 to 25, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 24 to 25, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 24, 2006
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
- Hail in Texas, April 24, 2006
- Dense Fog in Virginia, April 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, April 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
More
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2006
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: 5503664.