Wildfire, Lipscomb
- When
- February 11, 12:57 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb forecast zone
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -100.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, February 11, 2006
A wildfire eleven miles east of Lipscomb burned six hundred and fifty acres. No structures were damaged and there were no reports of injuries.
Where it happened
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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 eleven miles east of Lipscomb burned six hundred and fifty acres. No structures were damaged and there were no reports of 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 Feb 11, 3:45 AM CST, 9 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:45 AM CST, 9 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 345 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 .DISCUSSION... IN THE SHORT TERM...WIND SPEEDS WERE BOOSTED FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE JUST SOME MINOR TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...THE COLD AIR OVER WESTERN CANADA COULD TAKE A BIT LONGER TO BUILD. THE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PANHANDLES AT MIDWEEK SEEMS TO SLOW UP A BIT AS IT WAITS ON THE CANADIAN AIR TO SINK SOUTHWARD. LOOKING AT THE GUIDANCE...THE GFS TENDS TO TAKE THIS APPROACH. THE DGEX AND OTHER MODELS VARY ON THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER...SINCE THE GFS TENDED TO LAG BEHIND THE LAST SYSTEM...NO ADJUSTMENTS OF THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE MADE NOW. CHANGES MAY BE NECESSARY AS TRENDS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BECOME CLEARER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 38 18 51 22 / 0 0 0 0 BEAVER OK 38 16 49 20 / 0 0 0 0 BOISE CITY OK 36 14 51 20 / 0 0 0 0 BORGER TX 40 20 53 25 / 0 0 0 0 BOYS RANCH TX 40 18 52 22 / 0 0 0 0 CANYON TX 38 16 53 20 / 0 0 0 0 CLARENDON TX 40 19 55 24 / 0 0 0 0 DALHART TX 37 14 52 20 / 0 0 0 0 GUYMON OK 37 17 51 19 / 0 0 0 0 HEREFORD TX 38 14 55 19 / 0 0 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 38 17 52 20 / 0 0 0 0 PAMPA TX 38 20 52 26 / 0 0 0 0 SHAMROCK TX 41 20 55 23 / 0 0 0 0 WELLINGTON TX 42 21 56 24 / 0 0 0 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10/21
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 7:59 AM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 759 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111900- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 759 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TODAY DUE TO BREEZY NORTH WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HENNIG
The 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
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 11 to 12, 2006
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 11 to 12, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 11 to 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 11 to 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 11 to 12, 2006
- High Wind in Alaska, February 11, 2006
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 11 to 12, 2006
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 11, 2006
- Winter Weather in Georgia, February 11, 2006
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 11, 2006
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 11 to 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 11 to 13, 2006
More
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 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: 5497509.