Wildfire, Collingsworth
- When
- February 1, 7:00 PM CST to February 2, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth forecast zone
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, February 1 to 2, 2008
S. or about three and a half miles northeast of Samnorwood Texas in northeastern Collingsworth County.
Where it happened
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- 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 large wildfire started approximately 1900 CST just east of U.S. Highway 83 and between County Road E5 and County Road H...or about three and a half miles northeast of Samnorwood Texas in northeastern Collingsworth County. The wildfire burned about a thousand acres and flared back up the next day. Ten hours were needed to completely contain the wildfire...however no homes or other structures were damaged or lost and no injuries were reported. The cause of the wildfire was determined to be 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 Feb 1, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
552 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008
.AVIATION...
ADVANCING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHEAST
COLORADO. EXPECT FROPA AT BOTH KDHT AND KGUY THIS EVENING AND JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT AT KAMA. WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE...JUST
EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL FURTHER VEER TO THE
NORTHEAST AND GRADUALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY SAT WITH
SPEEDS AOA 10 KTS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FCST WITH
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS INCREASING DURING THE DAY SAT.
CLK
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008/
DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY SITTING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHEAST
COLORADO...WILL MOVE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY 00Z AND THEN
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 06Z. VERY
LIMITED UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT COMBINED WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE SHOULD
KEEP PRECIP AT BAY FOR THE PANHANDLES. THE NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS
WILL VEER TO THE EAST BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY...AND CONTINUE
VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED
WITH FALLING 1000-500MB THICKNESSES AND COOLER LL AIR WILL KEEP
SURFACE HIGH TEMPS IN THE 40S TO LOW 50S ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...WITH
THE WARMEST AIR EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
ANOTHER LEE SIDE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AND BRING
SOUTHWESTERLY LL FLOW TO THE AREA...WHILE ZONAL FLOW TAKES OVER
ALOFT. EXPECT ANOTHER ABOVE NORMAL DAY FOR TEMPS ON SUNDAY WITH
INCREASING SURFACE WINDS. ANOTHER FRONT WILL THEN PUSH TOWARD THE
PANHANDLES MONDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE.
HOWEVER...APPEARS THE FRONT WILL NOT REACH THE PANHANDLES UNTIL
MONDAY AFTERNOON...SO ANTICIPATE WARM AIR REMAINING IN PLACE AT THE
SURFACE. MODELS AS FOR PRECIP CHANCES...MODELS TRENDING A BIT DRIER
THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...BUT STILL REMAINED CONSISTENT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY
SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF
CURRENT MODEL RUNS VERIFY...PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT. SO LEFT LESS THAN
AN INCH OF SNOW IN THE GRIDS FOR NOW.
SHORT WAVE RIDGING AND ANOTHER LEE SIDE TROUGH DEVELOP ON
WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.
FRONTAL PASSAGE APPEARS DRY AT THIS POINT SO LEFT POPS OUT OF
FORECAST FOR NOW.
JJB
FIRE WEATHER...
RED FLAG CONDITIONS OCCURRING ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES. THE STRONG
WINDS CAUSED BY THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING
AS THE TROUGH PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLES. AS THE AIR
TEMPERATURE COOLS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE AND THE FIRE
DANGER WILL DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE
THROUGH THE PANHANDLES AND BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES SATURDAY. THE
FIRE DANGER WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER
SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO PROVIDING STRONGER WINDS
AND WARMER AIR.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...
GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...MOORE...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN.
OK...NONE.
&&
05/15Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 1:00 PM CST, 6 hours before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-021200- 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 CST FRI FEB 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WARM TEMPERATURES TO RESULT IN CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. BREEZY WINDS WILL ALSO REQUIRE BOATERS TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
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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: 79396.