Thunderstorm Wind, Atascosa
- When
- September 3, 6:00 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, 2 mi N of Poteet
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Coordinates
- 29.070, -98.580
Damaging Wind in Texas, September 3, 1997
Severe downburst winds destroyed a shed just north of Poteet, then blew over trees as the storm moved eastward. The winds also rolled a mobile home over on its side and picked up a 500 gallon diesel tank and tossed it 150 feet.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $80,000
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
Severe downburst winds destroyed a shed just north of Poteet, then blew over trees as the storm moved eastward. The winds also rolled a mobile home over on its side and picked up a 500 gallon diesel tank and tossed it 150 feet.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 5619984.