Wildfire, Hutchinson
- When
- January 19, 10:43 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -101.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, January 19, 2009
The East Broadway Wildfire began around 1043 CST about two miles east northeast of Stinnett. The wildfire began just off the roadway along Farm to Market Road 1526 and consumed seven hundred and forty acres.
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.
The East Broadway Wildfire began around 1043 CST about two miles east northeast of Stinnett. The wildfire began just off the roadway along Farm to Market Road 1526 and consumed seven hundred and forty acres. The cause of the wildfire was still under investigation by the Hutchinson County Fire Marshal’s Office. A radar site for the Hutchinson County Airport was threatened...however firefighters were able to save it. Although there were no reports of injuries or fatalities...there was a report of one near miss. A total of five to seven fire departments responded to the wildfire. The wildfire was contained approximately 1700 CST.
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 Jan 19, 5:36 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 5:36 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
536 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12 UTC TAFS...QUIET FLYING WX CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE PERIOD AS ONLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. HIGHLY AMPLIFIED
UPPER RIDGE REMAINS PARKED OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WHICH WILL MAINTAIN
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS TODAY DUE TO A FAIRLY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH SFC
ANTICYCLONE OVER THE ROCKIES AND RETREATING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. STRONG MIXING LATER THIS MORNING WILL YIELD
WINDS GUSTING TO 30-34 KTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH SPEEDS WILL REMAIN ABOVE
12 KTS.
CLK
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 458 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009/
DISCUSSION...
MAIN STORY TODAY WILL BE THE WINDS. HAVE STEPPED UP THE SPEEDS ALL
ZONES...AND HAVE INCLUDED GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH IN THE GRIDS. DRY WX
TO PERSIST. OTHERWISE...QUIET WX PATTERN TO CONTINUE THRU THURSDAY
WITH WELL ABV NORMAL TEMPS FOR JANUARY.
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DISAGREE ON HOW TO HANDLE NEXT SURGE OF COLD AIR
LATE THIS WEEK. GFS APPEARS TO BE STRUGGLING WITH UA PATTERN AND MAY
NOT BE HANDLING COLD FRONT VERY WELL. AS SUCH...HAVE GONE WITH THE
ECMWF THIS PCKG. REFER TO PREEPD FOR MORE INFO. THEREFORE...BROUGHT
COLD FRONT THRU THE AREA FRI MORNING...AND UNDERCUT MEXMOS TEMPS
ACCORDINGLY FOR THU NIGHT...FRI...FRI NIGHT...AND A LITTLE ON SAT.
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BE COLDER CONSIDERING SOURCE REGION
OF THIS PROJECTED AIRMASS. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO WATCH CLOSELY.
NO POPS THIS PCKG. FINALLY...WILL COMMENT THAT ECMWF BRINGS DOWN
ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT NEXT MONDAY WHILE GFS DOES NOT. BEST TO GO
WITH A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH THIS FAR OUT PENDING BETTER AGREEMENT
AMONG MEDIUM RANGE MODELS.
ANDRADE
FIRE WEATHER...
THE COMBINATION OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...NORTHWEST TO
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...AND FORECAST
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 7 TO 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT
FOR THE OK AND TX PNHDLS AT 11 AM AND END AT 6 PM CST TODAY. MINIMUM
RH VALUES OF AROUND 15 PERCENT ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BELOW 20 MPH BOTH DAYS...
SO RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ACHIEVED.
ANDRADE
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...
HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...
MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...
SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...
TEXAS.
&&
05/02Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 5:50 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 550 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191900- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 550 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THE COMBINATION OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PANHANDLES FROM 11 AM UNTIL 6 PM TODAY. IN ADDITION CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES DUE TO GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CLK
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: 142137.