2 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 5, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 220 PM CST THU JAN 5 2006 .DISCUSSION... HIGHLY AMPLIFIED H5 FLOW WILL KEEP N TEXAS COOL THROUGH TOMORROW...WITH GOOD CAA LINGERING ACROSS THE REGION. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX THIS EVENING AS LOW MOVES FURTHER AWAY. WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM. MID LEVEL FLOW TO BECOME MORE ZONAL OVER THE WEEKEND...AS SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW SW WINDS TO RETURN AND REALLY WARM TEMPS UP FOR SUNDAY. WIND SPEEDS MAY BE JUST BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA ON SATURDAY AFTN INTO SUN EVENING...BUT MIN RH VALUES LOOK QUITE LOW. GIVEN ALL THE PROBLEMS OF LATE...WE WILL EXTENDED THE FIRE WX WATCH INTO SUN EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EXTREMELY DRY AND MILD FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 36 63 39 76 / 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 33 64 35 76 / 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 33 58 33 73 / 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 32 63 33 77 / 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 33 62 35 75 / 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 37 63 39 75 / 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 36 61 34 74 / 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 35 63 35 74 / 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 34 64 36 75 / 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY 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. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY 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. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 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. && 80/80
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 302 PM CST THU JAN 5 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061200- 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- 302 PM CST THU JAN 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A RED FLAG WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 600 PM...AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...SLOWLY DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH BY MID EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ONGOING... EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FROM NOON SATURDAY...THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY EVENING. YET ANOTHER DRY...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN OFF THE COLORADO ROCKIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OZARKS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE INCREASING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES BOTH SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. THESE ITEMS...COMBINED WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT ONGOING OVER THE REGION...WILL RESULT IN AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER AND THE THREAT FOR DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES ONCE AGAIN. THE NEXT HIGH FIRE DANGER DAY APPEARS TO BE NEXT WEDNESDAY. THIS FORECAST WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY IN FUTURE FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass fire burned 30 acres along Old Agnes Road off Texas 199, about eight miles west of Springtown. Several bales of hay and fences were destroyed. Another fire in Hunt County destroyed one home and burned 300 acres.
A grass fire in Hunt County destroyed one home and burned 300 acres.
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: 5492841, 5492842.