Wildfire, Potter
- When
- February 14, 2:30 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, February 14, 2015
The 2381 or Bushland Wildfire began about two miles north of Bushland around 1430CST and consumed roughly nine hundred and sixteen acres. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities and there were also no reports of any homes or other structures damaged or destroyed by the wildfire.
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 2381 or Bushland Wildfire began about two miles north of Bushland around 1430CST and consumed roughly nine hundred and sixteen acres. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities and there were also no reports of any homes or other structures damaged or destroyed by the wildfire. The fire spread north to near Farm to Market Road 1061 and Farm to Market Road 2381 where it was stopped from spreading any further. Farm to Market Road 2381 was closed and a part of Farm to Market Road 1061 was closed during the late afternoon and early evening hours. The cause of the wildfire has not yet been determined but may have been accidental. The fire was contained by 1900CST and the Texas Forest Service, Potter County Fire Department, the Randall County Fire Department along with a few other fire departments responded to the wildfire.
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 14, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1139 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT WILL START TO PUSH SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BY MID AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE GUY TAF SITE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND THROUGH DHT BY LATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH AMA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW CLOUDS IN THE MVFR RANGE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AT ALL SITES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 519 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ AVIATION... 12Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 18-25 KTS. BEYOND 00Z CONFIDENCE LOWERS REGARDING WIND DIRECTION DEPENDENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. ELSENHEIMER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 516 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ DISCUSSION... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A DRY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY QUIET WEATHER IS SEEN THROUGH MOST OF THIS WEEKEND. WARMER TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TODAY XCEPT THE CNTRL AND ERN OK PNHDL AND THE NERN TX PNHDL AS THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THAT PART OF OUR FCST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL OF THE TX AND OK PNHDLS ON SUNDAY. A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER AIR PATTERN IS PROGGED FOR MUCH OF THIS FCST PCKG...FEATURING AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALONG THE W COAST AND A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE U.S. OUR FCST AREA WILL BE IN BROAD NW FLOW ALOFT FOR THE NEXT SVRL DAYS. THIS PARTICULAR UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR DISLODGING COLD AIRMASSES FROM CANADA AND THE NW TERRITORIES INTO THE CENTRAL AND ERN STATES. ONE SUCH AIRMASS WILL DELIVER A GLANCING BLOW TO TX AND OK PNHDLS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH A SLIGHTLY STRONGER REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR PROGGED TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SECOND SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FAST MOVG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUES MORNING...AND MAY CAUSE LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. GREATEST THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN HALF OF THE TX AND OK PNHDLS...WITH DIMINISHING PROSPECTS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS DEEP MOISTURE AND PROLONGED UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE LACKING IN OUR AREA...SO SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE...GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES. DRY WEATHER AND REBOUNDING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY IMPACT THE REGION TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DISAGREE ON TIMING OF THIS PARTICULAR FEATURE SO USED A BLEND UNTIL BETTER AGREEMENT IS ACHIEVED. ANDRADE FIRE WEATHER... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO 20 FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. NEITHER ELEVATED NOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT DURING THIS PERIOD. ANDRADE && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 15/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 5:00 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 500 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-142200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 500 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW 2 INCHES AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. ANDRADE
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Illinois, February 14, 2015
- Winter Storm in New York, February 14 to 15, 2015
- Winter Weather in Ohio, February 14, 2015
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Indiana, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 14, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Virginia, February 14 to 15, 2015
- Winter Storm in Ohio, February 14, 2015
- High Wind in South Carolina, February 14 to 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold and Cold in West Virginia, February 14 to 16, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Maryland, February 14 to 15, 2015
- Blizzard and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, February 14 to 16, 2015
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, February 14 to 16, 2015
More
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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: 555146.