Damaging Wind in Texas, February 28, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, February 28, 2001
Start: 2001-02-28T06:30
End: 2001-02-28T06:30
Location: Texas

February 28, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Fire department reported trees blown down, and roof damage to one home after a severe thunderstorm passed through Nome.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
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.

Fire department reported trees blown down, and roof damage to one home after a severe thunderstorm passed through Nome.

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 Feb 28, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
300 AM CST WED FEB 28 2001

A COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST JUST OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF
LOUISIANA THIS MORNING CAUSING A MAJORITY OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF THE CWA. THE FRONT SHOULD SLOWLY SAG
SOUTH CAUSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.  DENSE FOG HAS FORMED AND IS PRETTY MUCH SOUTH OF THE COLD
FRONT WHICH IS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA...THEREFORE WILL
CONTINUE THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY BUT FOR ONLY THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS
OF THE CWA UNTIL MID MORNING.  THE LCH SOUNDING LAST NIGHT INDICATED
A PWAT OF 1.34 AND A K-INDEX OF 23...WHICH INDICATES THE AIRMASS IS
BECOMING MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  THE LIFTED INDEX IS A -2.2 WITH A
CAPE OF 1865 J/KG INDICATING THE AIRMASS IS UNSTABLE BUT NOT AT A
POINT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER.  ISOLATED INCIDENCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER COULD DEVELOP LATER TODAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE
NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
CLOUDINESS EXPECTED.  THE FRONT SHOULD SAG FAR ENOUGH SOUTH ON
THURSDAY TO INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS EVEN MORE.  WINDS WILL
BE GENERALLY LIGHT WITH THE FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH
LOUISIANA.

MARINE...BOY035 SHOWED A WIND FROM THE EAST AT 6 KNOTS WITH 2 FOOT
SEAS.  VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WIND AND SEAS FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY
CAUSING POSSIBLE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS IN ITS WAKE.

LONG TERM...MOISTURE WILL EVEN BE MORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY.  A
GOOD POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THE POLAR AND SUB-TROPICAL JET
BOTH CONVERGE OVER THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND. A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND CAUSING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO END AT THAT TIME.

.LCH...DENSE FOG ADVISORY LAZ030>033-041>045-051>055-
...                       TXZ201-215-216

.ADJUSTED NUMBERS...
AEX 65/49/60/50/64 7677
BPT 70/55/65/55/67 6677
LCH 71/55/66/55/68 6677
LFT 71/55/6G6/55/68 6677

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: February 28, 6:30 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Nome
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 30.033, -94.417

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5233284.