Winter Storm, Dallam
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallam forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -102.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Texas, January 17 to 18, 1996
Near blizzard conditions closed down most of the north and central Texas panhandle. Interstate 40 was closed from Amarillo to the New Mexico state line.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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.
Near blizzard conditions closed down most of the north and central Texas panhandle. Interstate 40 was closed from Amarillo to the New Mexico state line.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Sherman
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hansford
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hansford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Ochiltree
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -100.816 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Lipscomb
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -100.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hartley
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hartley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Moore
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Moore forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hutchinson
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -101.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Roberts
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Roberts forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hemphill
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hemphill forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Oldham
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oldham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.405, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Potter
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Carson
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Gray
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gray forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Deaf Smith
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Randall
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Armstrong
- When
- January 17, 7:00 PM CST to January 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Armstrong forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Texas, January 17, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, January 17 to 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 17 to 18, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, January 17, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, January 17, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 17 to 18, 1996
- Dust Storm in Arizona, January 17, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, January 17 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, January 17, 1996
- High Wind in Texas, January 17 to 18, 1996
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 17 to 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 1996
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: 5553151, 5553152, 5553153, 5553316, 5553317, 5553318, 5553319, 5553320, 5553321, 5553322, 5553323, 5553324, 5553325, 5553326, 5553327, 5553328, 5553329.