High Wind in Texas, February 10, 1998

Name: High Wind in Texas, February 10, 1998
Start: 1998-02-10T14:40
End: 1998-02-10T14:40
Location: Texas

February 10, 1998 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, San Augustine

When: February 10, 2:40 PM CST
Where: San Augustine forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 31.394, -94.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained high winds across the county...not associated with thunderstorm convective winds...resulted from a meteorological phenomena known as a Wake High Pressure area behind the initial squall line of storms which damaged much of the county earlier in the day. These winds blew the roofs off of three homes and completed destroying many damaged trees from thunderstorm convective winds.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5635671.