High Wind, Potter
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Texas, April 8, 1999
Surface low pressure over the central Plains states deepened during the day, resulting in a tight pressure gradient across the central and northwest Texas panhandle.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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.
Surface low pressure over the central Plains states deepened during the day, resulting in a tight pressure gradient across the central and northwest Texas panhandle.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Randall
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dallam
- When
- April 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallam forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -102.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sherman
- When
- April 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hartley
- When
- April 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hartley forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Moore
- When
- April 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Moore forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 8, 1999
- Tornado and Flood in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Hail in California, April 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 8 to 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, April 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 1999
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: 5695983, 5695984, 5695979, 5695980, 5695981, 5695982.