Heavy Snow, Potter
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM CST to February 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Texas, February 16 to 17, 1998
An upper level low pressure area over the Texas Panhandle along with a moist surface flow combined to produce moderate to heavy snows across the western and south-central sections. Snowfall reported from this storm ranged from four to six inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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.
An upper level low pressure area over the Texas Panhandle along with a moist surface flow combined to produce moderate to heavy snows across the western and south-central sections. Snowfall reported from this storm ranged from four to six inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Randall
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM CST to February 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Carson
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM CST to February 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Armstrong
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM CST to February 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Armstrong forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Oldham
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM CST to February 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oldham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.405, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 16, 1998
- Flooding in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 16 to 25, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 16 to 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in Virginia, February 16 to 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 1998
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: 5630776, 5630777, 5630778, 5630779, 5630780.