High Wind, Potter
- When
- October 25, 10:58 PM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Texas, October 25, 1996
A deep low pressure system moving through Colorado combined with a jet max to produce very strong winds. While many locations in the Texas panhandle had strong winds the only report over 50 knots was at the NWS ASOS with a peak gust of 53 knots.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
A deep low pressure system moving through Colorado combined with a jet max to produce very strong winds. While many locations in the Texas panhandle had strong winds the only report over 50 knots was at the NWS ASOS with a peak gust of 53 knots.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dust Storm in Arizona, October 25, 1996
- Flood in Louisiana, October 25, 1996
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, October 25 to 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, October 25 to 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 25, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, October 25 to 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, October 25 to 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, October 25 to 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, October 25, 1996
- High Wind in Arizona, October 25, 1996
- High Wind in California, October 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581023.