Thunderstorm Wind, Tyler
- When
- December 16, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tyler County, Spurger
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.683, -94.183
Damaging Wind in Texas, December 16, 2001
Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a hay barn, damaged the roof to a house, and snapped the tops of trees off.
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
- $20,000
- 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.
Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a hay barn, damaged the roof to a house, and snapped the tops of trees off.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 16, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
820 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001
LCH SOUNDING INDICATES A PRECIP WATER OF 1.85 WITH A TOTAL TOTALS OF
46. THE AIRMASS IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS EVENING WITH A COLD
FRONT APPROACHING THE CWA LATER TONIGHT. HIGH POPS ARE STILL VERY
REASONABLE TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL PROBABLY BE ISSUED
FOR THE NEXT COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE
LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
.UPDATED NUMBERS...
AEX 60/63/38/60/37/62/40 +400000
BPT 58/64/42/64/43/64/44 +300000
LCH 60/64/41/63/42/64/44 +300000
LFT 62/68/44/63/40/63/44 8500000
.LCH...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR SE TX AND
BEAUREGARD AND VERNON PARISHES OF SW LA
SCA...GMZ450-455-470-475
55The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, December 16, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 16, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, December 16 to 18, 2001
- Storm Surge in Washington, December 16, 2001
- Flooding in Washington, December 16 to 19, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, December 16, 2001
- Flooding in Kentucky, December 16 to 18, 2001
- Tornado in Texas, December 16, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 16, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 16, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, December 16 to 17, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2001
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: 5276372.