Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- February 10, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, 10 mi NE of Burkeville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -93.520
Damaging Wind in Texas, February 10, 1998
Wind in excess of 60 mph blew trees and power lines down along the southern edges of Toledo Bend Lake.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 LCH wrote it up.
Wind in excess of 60 mph blew trees and power lines down along the southern edges of Toledo Bend Lake.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 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: 5636076.