Wildfire, Hansford
- When
- November 7, 9:30 AM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, November 7, 2007
A large wildfire consumed twelve hundred acres during the morning hours at 0930 CST. The fire started just south of Palo Duro Reservoir about nine miles north of Spearman just east of County Road 24.
Where it happened
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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 large wildfire consumed twelve hundred acres during the morning hours at 0930 CST. The fire started just south of Palo Duro Reservoir about nine miles north of Spearman just east of County Road 24. One home was saved and no damage or injuries were reported. The wildfire was brought under control at approximately 1930 CST and was possibly caused by arson.
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 Nov 7, 5:24 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 5:24 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 524 AM CST WED NOV 7 2007 .AVIATION... MARGINAL MVFR CIGS HAVE PERSISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE TX PANHANDLE THIS MORNING BUT HAVE MADE LITTLE ADVANCEMENT TO THE NORTHWEST. THUS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES BUT THE NORTHERN TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED TO SEE WIND SPEEDS IN THE 12KT RANGE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE TROF. WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER 00Z AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES AND GRADUALLY VEER THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SURFACE TROF MOVES BACK INTO THE PANHANDLES. JOHNSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 504 AM CST WED NOV 7 2007/ DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER ON TEMPS AND CHANCES OF PRECIP EARLY NEXT WEEK. CURRENT WV IMAGERY INDICATES UPPER LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WITH AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE AND LOW WILL MAKE VERY LITTLE PROGRESS TO THE EAST. CURRENT SATELLITE PICS INDICATE AN AREA OF STRATOCU SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA GENERATED BY WEAK ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ON THE 300K SFC. EXPECT THIS BAND OF CLOUDS TO REMAIN EAST OF THE CWA WITH PERHAPS SOME CLOUDS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. OVERALL SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY AND THIS COMBINED WITH DOWNSLOPING FLOW WILL LEAD TO WARMER HIGHS TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA THU ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN MILD AS THE COLDER AIR REMAINS NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ALSO NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER SO TRENDED TOWARD TH WARMER MOS GUIDANCE WHICH YIELDS HIGHS IN THE 70S. UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSLATE EASTWARD FRI AND DAMPENS SOME. NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ZONAL OVER THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE REGION...KEPT THE FCST DRY AS LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE MARGINAL. TEMPS WARM UP EVEN MORE SUN AS 850MB TEMPS RISE TO AROUND 20 DEG C. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DIFFER ON THE TIMING AND TRACK OF AN UPPER TROUGH LIFTING ACROSS THE ROCKIES. THE EURO IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WHILE THE GFS CLOSES THE SYSTEM OFF AND HAS A FURTHER SOUTHERLY SOLUTION. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOW A WIDE SPREAD SO FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE...LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR MON. BUFKIT FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SFC TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING SO LEFT PRECIP TYPE AS RAIN. MON DOES LOOK COOLER SO REFLECTED THIS IN THE FCST. BEYOND MON...HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BUILD IN AND LEFT FCST DRY WITH GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPS. CLK && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 24/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 7, 6:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 AM CST WED NOV 7 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081200- 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 WED NOV 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JOHNSON
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 60175.