Ice Storm — Potter, Texas

2006-12-29 to 2006-12-31 · Potter, Texas

Event narrative

Four tenths of an inch of ice from freezing rain and freezing drizzle was measured at the National Weather Service Office in Amarillo six miles east of Amarillo.

Wider weather episode

A strong and vigorous upper low moved across the Rockies and produced heavy snow and blizzard conditions along with freezing rain to the western and central Texas panhandle. Five people were killed as a result of the winter storm and about one thousand seven hundred and seventy customers were without electricity in Dumas...Dalhart...Hartley...Sunray...Etter...Texline...Bushland...and Cactus. About one thousand customers were without electricity in Spearman...Vega...Adrian...and Wildorado. Motorists had to be rescued after becoming stranded by the heavy snow near Texline with four foot high snow drifts. Major roads and highways were closed due to the heavy snow including Interstate 40 west of Amarillo...U.S. Highway 87 north out of Dalhart...U.S. Highway 54 west out of Dalhart...and U.S. Highway 287 north out of Stratford. Three people were killed in Randall county involving a car and train accident with two people injured in the accident. Two other people were killed in separate car accidents with four people injured in both Potter and Randall counties...however one of those four injured on December 29, 2006 died exactly one month later on January 29, 2007 from her injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5669. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.