Winter Weather — Potter, Texas

2007-12-22 · Potter, Texas

Event narrative

Snow and blowing snow contributed to an eighty to one hundred car accident on Interstate 40 east near the intersection of U.S. Highway 287. One sixty-five year old male was killed in his vehicle...twenty-one people were injured and transported to the hospital...and one hundred and sixteen people received minor injuries.

Wider weather episode

One to two inches of snow combined with strong winds to create white out conditions east of Amarillo and also near Pampa. The snow and blowing snow contributed to a major vehicular accident on Interstate 40 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and also at the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 and Texas State Highway 152. A sixty-five year old male was killed in the Potter County accident and one person was killed in the Gray County accident.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 68362. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.