Persistent hot, dry, and windy weather continued to result in critical fire weather conditions throughout the month of June.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Persistent hot, dry, and windy weather continued to result in critical fire weather conditions throughout the month of June.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 11:46 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1246 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 .DISCUSSION... AVIATION DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. && .AVIATION... MODERATE SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP WEST OF KSJT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE DRY LINE. THESE STORMS SHOULD NOT IMPACT KSJT. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 409 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011/ SHORT TERM... WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WEAK WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTH INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THIS TROUGH WILL CONTINUE DIGGING SOUTHEAST TODAY. AS IT DOES...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MTNS. LEE TROUGHING WILL INTENSIFY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...RESULTING IN A SFC LOW DROPPING TO NEAR 990MB BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. OUR WINDS WILL RESPOND HERE IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS INCREASING TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL HELP DRAW MOISTURE UP AND POOL IT ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OUR WESTERN CWA BORDER BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE DRYLINE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...HAVE INSERTED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HASKELL TO SWEETWATER...TO OZONA. WITH VERY HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING...AND THUNDERSTORM BASES OF 10 THOUSAND FEET OR HIGHER LIKELY...HAVE MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. EXPECTING ANOTHER WARM NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SLIGHTLY INCREASING MOISTURE...TEMPS WILL AGAIN BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. 20 LONG TERM... PERSISTENCE TYPE FORECAST INTO THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL...AND HIGHS WELL INTO THE 100S. BY MONDAY HOWEVER... UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO WEAKEN AS LARGE UPPER TROUGH MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS...AND APPROACHES WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH BOTH THE GFS AND EC IN GENERAL AGREEMENT...BROUGHT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH...AND HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE IN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE RAIN CHANCES WILL STAY LONG HOWEVER...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDING TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. FIRE WEATHER... .RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WESTERN AREAS... A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL RESULT IN AN UPTICK IN WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. 20 MPH WINDS AT 20 FEET ALONG WITH 15 TO 20 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CLYDE TO BALLINGER TO SAN ANGELO WILL BE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...ERC VALUES REMAIN AT ALL TIME HIGHS...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS REMAIN GENERALLY SEVERE TO EXCEPTIONAL WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE DROUGHT IN RUNNELS...COLEMAN...AND BROWN COUNTIES. ALL THIS ADDS UP TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AREAS WHICH WILL SEE LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS REMAIN NEAR THE 20 MPH MARK ON FRIDAY IN THE BIG COUNTRY...AND NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY WEST OF A HASKELL TO SWEETWATER TO OZONA LINE WITH SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK WHICH MAY HELP REDUCE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS SOMEWHAT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 77 105 78 104 76 / 10 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 79 106 78 106 77 / 10 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 74 103 74 103 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CALLAHAN...COKE...FISHER...HASKELL...IRION...JONES... NOLAN...RUNNELS...SHACKELFORD...STERLING...TAYLOR... THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. && 26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 440 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-170945- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 440 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM THROCKMORTON...TO BALLINGER...TO SAN ANGELO. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 12 5 TO 20 PERCENT WILL CAUSE THESE CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HASKELL...TO SWEETWATER...TO OZONA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AND COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH FIRE DANGER...AND CONTINUED DROUGHT AND HOT TEMPERATURES. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OZONA...TO SAN ANGELO...TO HASKELL DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WINDS NEAR 20 MPH...AND CONTINUED VERY HOT TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The 450 acre Nugent Fire in east central Jones County was located 10 miles northeast of Hawley. One home was destroyed while several homes were saved.
A Circle P wildfire burning near Lake Brownwood prompted the evacuation of about 600 church camp kids Thursday afternoon from the Heart of Texas Baptist Encampment to the Brownwood Coliseum. One firefighter injured his shoulder while another suffered a heat stroke. The fire was located along FM 2125 east of Lake Brownwood. The wildfire burned 120 acres. There were 21 structures threatened, only two small outbuildings were lost.
The Faulkner Wildfire was along the Crockett and Reagan County Line along Highway 137. The fire burned grass, mesquite, juniper, numerous oil field platforms and power lines throughout the area.
The Hudson Complex Wildfire was in Sterling County or about 34 miles northwest of San Angelo. The fire was started by lightning and burned approximately 2,860 acres.
The JRM Wildfire was about 5 miles east of Throckmorton. The fire was started by lightning and burned approximately 7,000 acres. Twelve buildings were threatened but one outbuilding was lost.
The Weise Wildfire was located about 11 miles east of Haskell. The fire burned approximately 5,000 acres.
The Toenail Trail Wildfire was located about 4 miles southeast of Christoval. The fire burned approximately 1,000 acres.
The Mitchell Ranch 2 Wildfire was located about 33 miles southwest of Ozona. The fire burned approximately 3,212 acres. Gas plants were threatened and saved.
The Wilson Ranch Wildfire was located about 6 miles northeast of Water Valley. The fire burned approximately 4,300 acres.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2011
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: 320700, 320704, 320705, 320784, 320797, 320860, 320837, 320818, 320857.