Wildfire in Texas, May 29, 2011

Name: Wildfire in Texas, May 29, 2011
Start: 2011-05-29T14:24
End: 2011-05-29T18:30
Location: Texas

May 29, 2011 · NWS AMA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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What happened

The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.

The Texas Forest Service reported that the Reimer Wildfire began about four miles south of Stinnett Texas in Hutchinson County around 1424CST. The wildfire consumed an estimated four hundred and fifty to five hundred acres. The wildfire threatened five homes along with the town of Stinnett Texas which resulted in an evacuation order to be issued. The wildfire was moving north and northeast toward Stinnett. No damage or injuries were reported and the wildfire was contained around 1830CST.

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 29, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1239 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WIND IS THE MAIN
CONCERN.

ISSUED AN AVIATION WEATHER WARNING FOR KAMA UNTIL 02Z AS CONFIDENCE
OF SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF 40 KTS OR GREATER IS HIGH...ESPECIALLY
21-02Z. ANOTHER WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 14Z.

A FEW TS MAY DEVELOP EAST OF KAMA AND KGUY 21-09Z...BUT SHOULD NOT
DIRECTLY AFFECT THESE SITES.

NON CONVECTIVE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS POSSIBLE AT KAMA AND KGUY
02-12Z WITH SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 50-60 KTS 500-2000 FT AGL...BUT DID
NOT MENTION WITH LOW CONFIDENCE OF OCCURRENCE...ESPECIALLY AS SURFACE
WINDS MAY STAY ABOVE 15 KTS WITH GUSTS OVER 25 KTS.

IFR/MVFR CEILINGS MAY DEVELOP NEAR KAMA AND KGUY 03-15Z...BUT DID NOT
MENTION THINKING THESE CEILINGS WILL STAY EAST OF THESE SITES.

MBS

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1113 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011/

UPDATE...
UPDATED ALL FORECAST PARAMETERS AS WELL AS THE AVIATION DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION...
SUNNY SKIES CONTINUE OVER THE PANHANDLE REGION AS THE MORNING CLOUDS
THAT FILTERED INTO THE NORTHERN AREAS HAVE LIFTED TO THE NORTH.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE TAKEN OFF SO FAR THIS MORNING WITH
SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALREADY IN THE LOWER 90S. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD
REALLY BEGIN TO INCREASE IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS VERTICAL MIXING
UP TO AT LEAST 600 MB WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. UPDATED/ADJUSTED ALL FORECAST
PARAMETERS TO MATCH UP WITH CURRENT TRENDS AND EXPECTED AFTERNOON
CONDITIONS.

AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES...BEST MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES AND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AS THE
DRYLINE MOVES EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN
AREAS. NOT EXPECTING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ANY STORM THAT
DEVELOPS...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION.

KNS

AVIATION.../UPDATED/
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AT ALL TAF
LOCATIONS. DRYLINE WILL REMAIN EAST OF ALL TAF SITES...BRINGING A
SHIFT TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. WINDS BEHIND THE
DRYLINE...ESPECIALLY AFTER 18Z...WILL BE STRONG...AROUND 30G40KT WITH
HIGHER GUSTS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE.

AS THE DRYLINE RETREATS TO THE WEST...AFTER 06Z...SOME LOW CLOUDS
COULD DEVELOP EAST OF THE DRYLINE...BUT THIS IS UNLIKELY SINCE THE
DRYLINE SHOULD STAY EAST OF TAF LOCATIONS.

KNS

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011/

COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN SHAPING UP ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND
EARLY THIS WEEK. SURFACE LOW EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHWEST TX
PANHANDLE WITH DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN TX PANHANDLE...MAINLY JUST WEST OF KDUX TO NEAR KAMA AND
THEN TO EAST OF KPVW. FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
FROM THE SURFACE LOW TO NEAR KCDS...AND THEN FROM THE SURFACE LOW
NORTHWEST BACK INTO CO. MAX TEMPS TODAY...LIKE SATURDAY...WILL BE
TRICKY WITH A TEMP GRADIENT NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
FRONT SHOULD LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TODAY INTO EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN CO...ACROSS THE OK PANHANDLE AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND NORTHEASTERN KS BY 00Z MONDAY. DRYLINE SHOULD MIX TO NEAR THE
CAPROCK OR POSSIBLY JUST OFF THE CAPROCK BY LATE TODAY...BEFORE
RETREATING BACK TO THE WEST AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. CONVECTION
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OR SO OF THE FORECAST AREA EAST OF THE DRYLINE.
FIRST UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN REGION TODAY TRACKS NORTH AND
EAST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS STATES BY TUESDAY.
A SECONDARY UPPER LOW MOVES ONSHORE OF THE WEST COAST AROUND THE
MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK AND ALSO TRACKS NORTH AND EAST INTO THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES BY LATE THIS WEEK AND THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. UPPER HIGH
BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES BY THE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
TIME FRAME. EXPECT DRYLINE TO REMAIN OVER THE PANHANDLES THROUGH
ROUGHLY THE FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK. THE UPPER HIGH OVER NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL TX WILL KEEP A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW OVER THE PANHANDLES
THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK. SHORTWAVE ENERGY ADVECTING NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OUT OF MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL PROVIDE AT
LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVECTION MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME HOURS MUCH OF THIS WEEK. WILL KEEP POPS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY
NIGHT...AND INTRODUCE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAINLY OVER THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE
PANHANDLES TUESDAY BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS BY THE MIDDLE
AND END OF THE WEEK. DRIER AND NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONABLE
TEMPS LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

SCHNEIDER

FIRE WEATHER...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES
EXCEPT THE EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLES. WILL ADJUST THE RED FLAG
WARNING TODAY TO REMOVE THE EASTERN OK PANHANDLE. CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN MONDAY MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHER RH VALUES SHOULD INHIBIT
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OFF THE CAPROCK MONDAY...HOWEVER
LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO WATCH CLOSELY IN THE EVENT THE DRYLINE
MIXES FURTHER EAST THAN CURRENTLY THINKING. OTHERWISE...HIGHER RH
VALUES OR LIGHTER WIND SPEEDS SHOULD KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT
LEAST BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

SCHNEIDER

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...
     GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...MOORE...
     OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF
     SMITH...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...MOORE...OLDHAM...
     POTTER...RANDALL...SHERMAN.

OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.

&&

17/21

Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 12:19 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
119 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-292100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
119 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING OVER ALL OF THE PANHANDLES
EXCEPT FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AFTER
4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THEY COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.

BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THEREFORE...BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AGAIN ON
MEMORIAL DAY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES DUE TO STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND ACROSS THE
WESTERN PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THEY COULD
BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECAST FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS WELL AS MEMORIAL DAY.

MBS

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Hutchinson

When: May 29, 2:24 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson forecast zone
Reported by: Park/Forest Service
Coordinates: 35.840, -101.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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: 314971.