3 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 1, 12:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1200 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 .AVIATION... STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...AS AN INTENSE SURFACE OVER NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVES EAST. WINDS WILL DECREASE TOWARD 00Z AS DECOUPLING STARTS TO OCCUR. THE DRY LINE THAT EXTENDED EAST OF A BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS... COMANCHE LINE...WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN SOUTHERLY WINDS SHIFTING MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST. #58 #58 && .UPDATE... 1138 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 WE HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS...AND INCREASED WINDS IN THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS. WE HAVE ALSO SLOWED DOWN THE ADVECTION OF LOWER DEW POINTS FROM THE WEST JUST A BIT...MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ZONES. WE HAVE ADDED A BIT MORE CLOUDINESS. HOWEVER...DESPITE MORE CLOUDINESS... VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED. OBVIOUSLY...SIGNIFICANT WILD FIRE POTENTIAL CONTINUES TODAY. #26 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 402 AM CST A 40 TO 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT STRATUS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. MUCH DRIER AIR BEHIND DEEP SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE DAY. ONLY SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH SUNRISE WITH SOME MOMENTUM TRANSFER FROM THE LOW LEVEL JET AND A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE RAPIDLY A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE ONCE VIGOROUS BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING BEGINS. WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE AROUND MIDDAY. WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR ALL ZONES. ALTHOUGH...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAD INCREASED OVERNIGHT...MUCH DRIER AIR OVER WEST TEXAS WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE PASSING SURFACE TROUGH. THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR AND AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME EASTERN ZONES. THEREFORE...WILL LEAVE THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EXTREMELY HIGH WILD FIRE DANGER. SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO EAST TEXAS THIS EVENING AND BRING DECREASING WIND SPEEDS AND DRY AIR. WIND SPEEDS WILL STILL REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT BUT SHOULD DECREASE FURTHER ON MONDAY ONCE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY AND MILD MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAYS FRONT WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REINFORCE THE DRY AND COOLER AIR THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND SHOULD COOL BACK INTO 60S. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 49 74 40 / 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 82 50 74 41 / 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 78 47 73 37 / 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 80 45 75 38 / 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 79 48 73 39 / 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 80 50 74 41 / 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 77 49 75 38 / 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 80 49 74 41 / 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 81 51 76 41 / 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ091- TXZ092-TXZ093-TXZ094-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105- TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ121-TXZ129-TXZ130- TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145- TXZ146-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ174. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092- TXZ093-TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105- TXZ106-TXZ107-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ121- TXZ122-TXZ123-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ135- TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148-TXZ156- TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ174-TXZ175. && 25/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1240 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 1240 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 7 PM. A DEEP TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA IS RESULTING IN SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN A FEW SPOTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM...FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A BONHAM...CORSICANA...TO CAMERON LINE. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE AFTER 7 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND BRING INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITIES. THESE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ON WEDNESDAY. THE NEED FOR A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSESSED AS NEW DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 58
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass fire which began near the Mineral Wells airport burned 13 structures, including five homes. The fire grew to cover 1,800 acres. One firefighter suffered second-degree burns and another smoke inhalation.
Several devastating wild fires erupted across north Texas due to low humidities, strong winds, and the ongoing drought. In Montague County, a 17-mile long fire burned between Ringgold and Nocona, destroying forty homes. Two firefighters and two civilians were injured. A grass fire which began in Palo Pinto County near the Mineral Wells Airport burned 13 structures, including 5 homes. The fire grew to cover 1,800 acres. One firefighter suffered second-degree burns and another smoke inhalation. A grass fire burned more than 35,000 acres in the southeastern part of Eastland county and forced evacuations of the nearby towns of Carbon, Gorman, and Desdemona. The community of Kokomo essentially burned to the ground. Thirty-six buildings, including homes, were destroyed. Numerous livestock were lost in the fire. The fire was 35 miles long.
A grass fire burned more than 35,000 acres in the southeastern part of the county and forced evacuations of the nearby towns of Carbon, Gorman, and Desdemona. The community of Kokomo was essentially demolished. Thirty-six buildings, including homes, were destroyed. Numerous livestock were lost in the fire. The fire was thirty-five miles long.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 2006
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: 5492844, 5492845, 5492846.