Wildfire, Carson
- When
- February 12, 11:00 AM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $14,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, February 12, 2006
and dry fuels produced conditions favorable for dangerous wildfires. A wildfire began about seven miles south of Borger Texas near the railroad tracks in the Industrial Park.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $14,000
- 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.
Strong winds of thirty-five to forty miles an hour...low relative humidities...and dry fuels produced conditions favorable for dangerous wildfires. A wildfire began about seven miles south of Borger Texas near the railroad tracks in the Industrial Park. The wildfire consumed about five thousand acres and threatened the headquarters of the 6666 Ranch. The wildfire burned a lot of fencing on the ranch but no structures were damaged and no injuries were reported.
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 12, 3:59 AM CST, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 3:59 AM CST, 7 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 359 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2006 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER SPEED MAX IS WORKING ITS WAY DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER SURGE OF COOL AIR AND WIND SHIFT THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA. AS THE ENERGY BOTTOMS OUT LATE TODAY...THE TROUGH LIFTS EAST AND CUTS OFF THE NORTHERLY FLOW TO THE AREA WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN RAPID WARMING FOR THE EARLY WEEK. A DISTURBANCE WORKS ITS WAY JUST NORTH OF THE PANHANDLES LATE MONDAY BUT LACK OF MOISTURE MAKES IT UNEVENTFUL. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES WERE MADE. THE MODELS SHOW MORE VERY COLD AIR BREAKING OFF FROM THE AIR MASS NOW PERCHED FAR TO THE NORTH. MODELS SHOW THE INITIAL SURGE PUSHING INTO THE PANHANDLES ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND A DISTURBANCE BUT AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL MAKE IT ALL THE WAY SOUTH. TEMPS AND WINDS WERE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR COOLER CONDITIONS IN THE NORTH ALONG WITH A WIND SHIFT MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST. THE MAIN SURGE STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 51 20 63 29 / 0 0 0 0 BEAVER OK 47 18 61 26 / 0 0 0 0 BOISE CITY OK 51 19 62 27 / 0 0 0 0 BORGER TX 53 23 63 34 / 0 0 0 0 BOYS RANCH TX 52 19 64 29 / 0 0 0 0 CANYON TX 53 19 63 28 / 0 0 0 0 CLARENDON TX 55 22 64 30 / 0 0 0 0 DALHART TX 52 17 62 24 / 0 0 0 0 GUYMON OK 48 20 64 26 / 0 0 0 0 HEREFORD TX 55 18 62 26 / 0 0 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 48 19 61 26 / 0 0 0 0 PAMPA TX 52 24 63 34 / 0 0 0 0 SHAMROCK TX 53 21 64 30 / 0 0 0 0 WELLINGTON TX 56 22 64 30 / 0 0 0 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10/21
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 7:58 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 758 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121900- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 758 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE WILL BE A HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TODAY DUE TO BREEZY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGH MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
- Coastal Flood and High Surf in New Jersey, February 12, 2006
- Storm Surge and Blizzard in Massachusetts, February 12, 2006
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in District of Columbia, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 12, 2006
- Winter Weather in Georgia, February 12 to 13, 2006
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 12, 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: 5492755.