Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty
- When
- February 28, 6:00 AM CST to 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Liberty County, Raywood
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.033, -94.683
Trees down between Raywood and Devers along US 90.
Damaging Wind in Texas, February 28, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $15,000
- 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 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 300 AM CST WED FEB 28 2001 COLD FRONT NEAR HUNTSVILLE...SHOULD APPROACH IAH NEAR 11Z AND NEAR COAST AROUND 13Z OR SO. 15-20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHRA/TSRA ALONG FRONT W/WIDLY SCATTERED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE CWFA. UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS OVER COASTAL ZONES AND 60S ELSEWHERE AHEAD OF FRONT. 850 MB ANALYSIS INDICATE WIDE AREA OF 10-12 DEG F DEWPOINTS (MUCH OF LONE STAR STATE). WEAK UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE EVIDENT E TX BUT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES NOT STRONG. LLVL JET NOT THAT STRONG EITHER. HENCE...DO NOT EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER FROM THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS CWFA THIS MORNING. CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE FOCUSED ONCE IT REACH COASTAL WATERS TODAY. APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL MAKE WIND DIRECTION FORECAST ACROSS COASTAL WATERS QUITE A CHALLENGE TODAY. TEMPERATURE CONTRAST ABOUT 30 DEG F DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FTW AND HGX. DITTO DEWPOINTS. MAX TEMPS TODAY OBVIOUSLY WILL BE IN THE MORNING W/READINGS LOWERING THE REST OF THE DAY. MOIST AIR MASS ON TOP OF INVERSION WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE W/SW FLOW. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE ALONG W/PW VALUES LATE THURSDAY TO FRIDAY AND SFC COASTAL TROUGH/LOW WILL ENHANCE LLVL CONVERGENCE. POSSIBLE HEAVY PCPN DURING THIS PERIOD. AVN HINTS AT DRY MID/UPPER LEVEL SLOT PUNCHING THROUGH SATURDAY LOWERING PW VALUES TO UNDER AN INCH BY MID DAY (WE SHALL SEE). HOWEVER...WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE FROM UPPER LOW PROBABLY WILL GIVE REGION CHC PRECIP DURING THE WEEKEND. .KHGX...NONE. 37/42/39 PRELIMS... CLL TR 056/044 050/046 056 755 IAH TR 068/050 055/049 060 755 GLS TR 066/054 060/056 064 765 V
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 4:15 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 415 AM CST WED FEB 28 2001 ...HEAVY RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SLOW DOWN NEAR THE COAST. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE COASTAL WATERS BY THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...OVERRUNNING MOIST GULF AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR REGION A CHANCE RAIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SOIL SOAKED BY PREVIOUS RAINS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAINFALL TO READILY RUNOFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS. THIS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ALTHOUGH EXACT AMOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AT THIS TIME... RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL PROBABLY BE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER LOCALIZED AMOUNTS. LATER UPDATES TO THIS STATEMENT WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS AS THIS WEATHER SITUATION EVOLVES. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST FORECAST...STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 4:53 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 415 AM CST WED FEB 28 2001 ...HEAVY RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SLOW DOWN NEAR THE COAST. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE COASTAL WATERS BY THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...OVERRUNNING MOIST GULF AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR REGION A CHANCE RAIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SOIL SOAKED BY PREVIOUS RAINS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAINFALL TO READILY RUNOFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS. THIS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ALTHOUGH EXACT AMOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AT THIS TIME... RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL PROBABLY BE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER LOCALIZED AMOUNTS. LATER UPDATES TO THIS STATEMENT WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS AS THIS WEATHER SITUATION EVOLVES. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST FORECAST...STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:57 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in Washington, February 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 28, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, February 28, 2001
- Flooding in Illinois, February 28, 2001
- Drought in California, February 28, 2001
- High Wind in Utah, February 28, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 28, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, February 28, 2001
- Flood in California, February 28, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 28, 2001
- Hail in Louisiana, February 28, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, February 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 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: 5233027.