Wildfire, Potter
- When
- March 30, 11:49 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Property damage
- $590,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, March 30, 2006
and four outbuildings. The wildfire burned seven hundred acres and there were no reports of injuries.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $590,000
- 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.
A wildfire three and a half miles northeast of Amarillo destroyed fourteen homes...numerous vehicles...and four outbuildings. The wildfire burned seven hundred acres 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 Mar 30, 5:30 AM CST, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 5:30 AM CST, 6 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
530 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
.DISCUSSION...
LOOKS LIKE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF AND SFC DRYLINE AND PACIFIC
COLD FRONT ARE TURNING OUT TO BE A BIG DUD AS FAR AS PRECIP IN PNHDLS
IS CONCERNED. NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIP IS FAST ENDING AND WILL
ONLY RETAIN SLGT CHC POPS FAR ERN COUNTIES FOR THIS MORNING.
SCREAMING MESSAGE TODAY WILL BE RED FLAG FIRE WX CONDITIONS AND THE
TYPICAL MARCH WIND. HAVE HOISTED RED FLAG WARNING TO NOW INCLUDE ALL
OF FCST AREA. RH GRIDS REFLECT THIS AND DO AGREE WITH SPC FWDDY1
PRODUCT. ALSO...TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENTS SUGGEST WINDS GETTING INTO
ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY. IT
APPEARS STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTN...THEN
GRADUALLY SUBSIDING DURG THE MID TO LATE AFTN HOURS.
QUIET WX FOR TNGT THRU FRI NIGHT. RETURN SOUTHERLY FLOW TO COMMENCE
LATE FRIDAY INTO SAT WITH MOISTURE BEING ADVECTED NWWD AGAIN IN
ADVANCE OF NEXT MINOR UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF PROGGED TO MOVE
ACROSS SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. HAVE KEPT IN SLGT CHC TO
CHC POPS CNTRL AND ERN ZNS DURG THIS TIME FRAME. THIS FEATURE SHOULD
BE E OF FCST AREA LATE SUN MORNING AND DO NOT HAVE ANY MENTION OF
PRECIP FOR SUN INTO MONDAY.
LEESIDE TROF/SFC DRYLINE TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AGAIN ON MONDAY THRU
TUE NIGHT AS NEXT STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROF HEADS INTO WRN US. MEDIUM
RANGE MODELS NOW IN BETTER AGREEMENT THAT THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM
WILL BE A BIT SLOWER TO EJECT INTO PLAINS...SO HAVE INCLUDED SLGT
CHC POPS FOR MON NIGHT...TUE...AND TUE NIGHT...WITH SILENT 10 VALUES
FOR WED AND WED NIGHT...MAINLY CNTRL AND ERN ZNS. IF LONGER RANGE
MODELS ARE CORRECT...EXPECT THE SYSTEM TO BEGIN TRANSLATING ACROSS
THE PLAINS AROUND MID WEEK.
AS FOR TEMPS...WORKED WITH MET/MAV/FWC VALUES FIRST FEW PERIODS...
THEN GENERALLY USED MEXMOS NUMBERS DAYS 4 THRU 7 WITH A COUPLE
EXCEPTIONS. WENT A FEW DEGREES ABV MEXMOS FOR MON NIGHT AND TUE
NIGHT DUE TO EXPECTED MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AND WAA. ALSO RAISED
MAXES A COUPLE DEGREES OR SO OVER MEXMOS FOR TUE DUE TO WARM
THICKNESS VALUES PROGGED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 72 40 73 47 / 0 0 0 0
BEAVER OK 72 39 75 45 / 10 0 0 0
BOISE CITY OK 69 35 70 41 / 0 0 0 0
BORGER TX 77 44 76 50 / 0 0 0 0
BOYS RANCH TX 74 38 76 46 / 0 0 0 0
CANYON TX 72 39 74 47 / 0 0 0 0
CLARENDON TX 76 44 77 47 / 10 0 0 0
DALHART TX 71 35 71 41 / 0 0 0 0
GUYMON OK 70 38 72 44 / 10 0 0 0
HEREFORD TX 72 36 74 47 / 0 0 0 0
LIPSCOMB TX 74 40 75 45 / 20 0 0 0
PAMPA TX 76 43 74 48 / 10 0 0 0
SHAMROCK TX 76 46 78 47 / 20 0 0 0
WELLINGTON TX 79 48 79 49 / 20 0 0 0
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
BEAVER...CIMARRON...AND TEXAS.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
BEAVER...CIMARRON...AND TEXAS.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...AND WHEELER.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...AND WHEELER.
&&
ANDRADEHazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 6:00 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301900- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 600 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TODAY IN THE EVENT OF WILDFIRES. HENNIG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 30, 11:47 AM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1147 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1121 AM DUST STORM MIAMI 35.69N 100.64W
03/30/2006 ROBERTS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIND SPEED: 35 MPH VISIBILITY: 0.25 MILE VISIBILITY
LESS THAN 1/4 OF A MILE DUE TO BLOWING DUST.
&&
LGThe 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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 30, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, March 30, 2006
- Wildfire in Kansas, March 30, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 2006
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 30, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 30 to 31, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 2006
More
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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: 5496264.