DisasterAtlasUSA

This is a record of past federal disaster declarations, not a forecast. Federal assistance figures are aid obligated under specific programs, not total damages. For current threats, check the National Weather Service and FEMA.

Home / Storms / Texas

Winter WeatherPotter, Texas

January 31, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
$1.5M
Area
Potter

Event narrative (NOAA)

Snow...between two and three inches...and blowing snow with winds of thirty-five miles per hour...resulted in a forty-two car accident on Interstate 40 in the eastbound lanes of the sixty-seven hundred block just west of Whitaker Road at 0542 CST. One person was killed and two people were injured. A sixty-five year old Amarillo man was identified as the victim in the accident. A fire truck from the Amarillo Fire Department became involved in the accident on Interstate 40 when it rolled over while approaching the accident and laid upside down on its top. No one from the four member crew of the fire truck were injured.

Other notable winter weather events in Texas

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

Winter Weather — Potter, Texas, January 31, 2008 | DisasterAtlasUSA