Wildfire, Lipscomb
- When
- May 11, 12:40 PM CST to May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb forecast zone
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -100.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, May 11 to 15, 2006
A wildfire eighteen miles southwest of Lipscomb burned eighteen thousand acres. There were no reports on injuries or structural damage.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A wildfire eighteen miles southwest of Lipscomb burned eighteen thousand acres. There were no reports on injuries or structural damage.
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 May 11, 1:58 AM CST, 10 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 1:58 AM CST, 10 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 258 AM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 .DISCUSSION... AFTER SOME MORNING LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN THIRD OR SO OF THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING...CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND A WARMING TREND INTO SATURDAY. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AS AN UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS AND BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE ROCKIES AND SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY INTO FRIDAY. NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP APPEAR TO BE LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TRACK SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE FIRST IS FORECASTED TO AFFECT THE PANHANDLES BY LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ADJUSTED THE POP GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE BEST CHANCES THAT CONVECTION WILL OCCUR RATHER THAN JUST BLANKETING THE AREA THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPS FORECASTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS LIGHT UPSLOPE SURFACE WINDS PREVAIL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 73 47 83 53 / 0 0 0 0 BEAVER OK 73 44 84 50 / 0 0 0 0 BOISE CITY OK 71 44 81 51 / 0 0 0 0 BORGER TX 75 54 87 58 / 0 0 0 0 BOYS RANCH TX 76 46 88 53 / 0 0 0 0 CANYON TX 75 44 85 49 / 0 0 0 0 CLARENDON TX 75 49 85 56 / 0 0 0 0 DALHART TX 73 42 84 49 / 0 0 0 0 GUYMON OK 73 44 83 49 / 0 0 0 0 HEREFORD TX 74 44 86 50 / 0 0 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 72 45 82 50 / 0 0 0 0 PAMPA TX 72 53 84 58 / 0 0 0 0 SHAMROCK TX 74 49 85 55 / 0 0 0 0 WELLINGTON TX 74 50 87 56 / 0 0 0 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17/11
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 12:00 PM CST, 40 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE STRENGTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. NUNEZ
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
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, May 11, 2006
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Michigan, May 11 to 14, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 11, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 2006
- Tornado in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- Tornadoes in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 11, 2006
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 11, 2006
More
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5505584.