Thunderstorm Wind, San Augustine
- When
- February 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- San Augustine County, 10 mi S of San Augustine
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -94.120
Several trees fell across Hwy 103.
Damaging Winds in Texas, February 10, 1998
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $15 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, San Augustine
- When
- February 10, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- San Augustine County, 4 mi E of Broaddus
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -94.200
Several trees fell across Hwy 83.
Thunderstorm Wind, San Augustine
- When
- February 10, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- San Augustine County, Macune
- Measured
- 100 kt (115 mph)
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -94.170
Numerous trees and powerlines were toppled. Literally hundreds of trees were uprooted of snapped. A number of homes and automobiles throughout the area suffered damage. Several chicken houses had their roofs blown off. The Sabine National Forest suffered over 70,000 acres of damage with 5,000 acres completely levelled resulting in 300 million board feet of timber damaged. Six million dollars in damage belongs to property while nine million dollars belongs to timber loss.
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: 5635528, 5635529, 5635530.