Damaging Wind in Texas, January 29, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, January 29, 2001
Start: 2001-01-29T06:03
End: 2001-01-29T06:03
Location: Texas

January 29, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down across Highway 87 and 692 near Burkeville.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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.

Trees were blown down across Highway 87 and 692 near Burkeville.

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 Jan 29, 1:34 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:34 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
134 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

MODELS APPEAR TO BE WELL INITIALIZED AT 00Z AND OUT PUTS ARE
SIMILAR FOR OUR AREA.

AT UPPER LEVELS SIGNIFICANT DIVERGENCE IS PROGGED FOR THE AREA TODAY
AHEAD OF MID AND UPPER TROUGH PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT. NOSE
OF UPPER JET IS PROGGED OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA OR THE NORTHWESTERN
EXTREMES OF THE LOCAL AREA THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY
EVENING. THIS IS A LITTLE FAR NORTH TO AID STORM PRODUCTION EXCEPT
OVER THE NORTHERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA. STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL LIFT
WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA TODAY. MODERATE LIFT WILL RETURN TUESDAY
NIGHT. 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET PROGGED TO TRAVERSE EAST ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY SHOULD PROVIDE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR STORM
PRODUCTION. SURFACE NORTH TO SOUTH COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND OVER THE
WESTERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO THE
EAST OF THE AREA BY EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRY AIR SHOULD
PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

WILL CALL FOR CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT TODAY
THEN 0 POPS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP EAST INTO THE WESTERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND TRAVERSE EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY. SEVERE STORMS...
PRIMARILY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...ARE A POSSIBILITY TODAY.
FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH SO QUICKLY THAT FLOOD PRODUCING
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BASIN AVERAGE 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
PEGGED AT AN ONLY AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER FOR OUR AREA.

.LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HIGH ISLAND TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER...
    ...GMZ450-455-470-4o75

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX 62/43/67/44 9000
BPT 66/44/69/46 9000
LCH 67/46/69/46 9000
LFT 70/47/69/46 9000

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 29, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
292200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
300 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH
NORTHERN ARKANSAS AT SUNRISE WILL TRAIL A COLD FRONT SOUTH FROM
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL DRAG THE COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT A LINE OR LINES OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PRIOR TO SUNRISE TODAY...MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH MID DAY AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA BY MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS
WILL END AS THE FRONT PASSES.

THE LINE OR LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTHWEST OR
SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND MOVE FROM HIGH ISLAND EARLY THIS
MORNING THROUGH THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD POSE
A THREAT TO THE SAFETWY OF MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SMALL
CRAFT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SPARKS

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Newton

When: January 29, 6:03 AM CST
Where: Newton County, Burkeville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.000, -93.633

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

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, January 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: 5228431.