Texas, 2006Wildfire in Texas, July 14 to 17, 2006
July 14 to 17, 2006 · NWS LUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 2:59 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:59 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
359 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 2006
.SHORT TERM...
PERSISTENT SHEAR AXIS DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
PANHANDLE...ROLLING PLAINS AND SOUTH PLAINS WILL BE THE FOCUS
MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH TO THE
NORTH WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL MECHANISM FOR LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE. DRY LOWER TO MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MAKE FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH BASED CONVECTION WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
BRIEF BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS. CLOUD DECK HAS GONE SCATTERED IN MOST
LOCATIONS WHICH HAS LED TO RAPID HEATING ACROSS THE REGION. MIXED
LAYER CAPES PER SPC SWOMCD ARE IN THE 1500-2000J/KG RANGE. THIS MAY
LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTH ON SATURDAY WITH LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS VEERING TO AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT FOR SATURDAY.
THIS COMBINED WITH A NORTHWARD MOVING TUTT LOW OVER DEEP SOUTH
TX/E-MX SHOULD SLOWLY ADVANCE GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL
TX. THE UPSLOPE FLOW MAY BRING A MINOR INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE DURING SATURDAY. STILL EXPECTING HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ON THE CAPROCK TO LOWER 100S OVER THE EASTERN
ROLLING PLAINS GIVEN THE VERY DRY SOIL MOISTURE. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRESENT AGAIN ON
SATURDAY WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. KW
.LONG TERM...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING REMAINS A BIG INFLUENCE ON OUR FORECAST AS IT
ELONGATES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN US. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A
WEAKNESS BETWEEN 2 CENTERS OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE. THIS
WEAKNESS MAY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WEST TEXAS TO BRING RAIN CHANCES
BACK INTO WEST TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK AFTER A DAY OR TWO OF
DRY WEATHER. EASTER FLOW AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO HELP TO BRING BACK SOME HIGHER LEVELS OF
MOISTURE. THIS MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES WITH SLIGHTLY
WARMER LOWS AND COOLER HIGHS. ALTHOUGH THE ADDED MOISTURE WILL
LIKELY MAKE IT FEEL ABOUT THE SAME.
&&
.AVIATION...
ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT BOTH KLBB AND KCDS THROUGH 03Z. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS. KW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA 59 98 67 98 / 20 20 10 10
TULIA 67 99 66 98 / 20 20 20 10
PLAINVIEW 71 97 69 99 / 20 20 20 10
LEVELLAND 67 95 69 96 / 20 20 20 10
LUBBOCK 72 98 70 98 / 20 20 20 10
BROWNFIELD 70 95 70 97 / 20 20 20 10
CHILDRESS 73 101 73 101 / 20 20 20 10
SPUR 71 99 71 101 / 20 20 20 10
ASPERMONT 74 102 75 103 / 20 20 10 10
&&
.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
17/18
Wildfire, King
- When
- July 14, 4:00 PM CST to July 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- King forecast zone
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -100.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms over drought-strickened land resulted in a lightning ignited wildfire that kept area fire departments fighting for nearly three days. A 3,500 acre wildfire began following a round of thunderstorms during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 14th. The ongoing fire, fueled by triple digit heat and at least one instance of severe thunderstorm winds, raged through rangeland until it was extinguished by rain during the morning hours of the 17th. No property damage or injuries were reported.
- 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.
- Heat in Missouri, July 14 to 21, 20063 deaths · 306 injured · 4 events
- Heat in Texas, July 14 to 21, 20061 death · 2 events
- Rip Current in Florida, July 14, 20061 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 14, 2006$250,000 · 4 events
- Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 21, 20064 injured · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 14, 2006$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 14, 2006$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 14, 20064 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 14, 2006$30,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 14, 2006$36,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 14, 20063 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 14, 2006$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5523598.