Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- July 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Burkeville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -93.633
Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 2001
Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 87.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 and power lines were blown down on Highway 87.
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 Jul 22, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001 WITH AIR TEMP PUSHING OVER THE 90 DEGREE MARK...LOCAL NWS RADARS SHOW A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY FROM BETWEEN FORT POLK AND ALEXANDRIA SOUTHEAST TO THE COAST NEAR MARSH ISLAND AND OUT INTO THE GULF. VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS MEAN WIND FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 15 KTS SO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PUSH TO THE SOUTHWEST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LOCATES CENTER OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE OZARKS. SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THIS RIDGE IS ENTERING THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. FURTHER UPSTREAM AREA OF SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THIS ENERGY NOTED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON SHOULD END DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND SHORT WAVE EXITS THE AREA. ON MONDAY...NORTHEAST FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE WILL BRING DRIER AND WARMER AIR TO THE MID LEVELS. THIS WILL HELP CAP THE ATMOSPHERE AND AN EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW AT 700 MB WILL KEEP ANY SEABREEZE ACTIVITY TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE AND OFFSHORE. THEREFORE...SHOULD SEE ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED OR ABOUT 20 PERCENT POP COVERAGE. ON TUESDAY...POPS WILL INCREASE TO SCATTERED CATEGORY (30-40 PERCENT) AS INVERTED TROF AND SHEAR AXIS OVER FLORIDA PENINSULA AND NORTHEAST GULF RETROGRADES WESTWARD AND NEARS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL HELP INCREASE MOISTURE PROFILES AGAIN AND SWITCH WIND FIELD AT 700 MB TO THE SOUTHEAST...ALLOWING ACTIVE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY TO PUSH INLAND. EXTENDED...WILL CONTINUE CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS AND LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW SHOULD KEEP SEABREEZE ACTIVE. .LCH...OZONE ACTION DAY (MON)...TXZ201-215-216 .PRELIM NUMBERS... BPT 75/92/76/91/76 22232 LCH 76/92/76/91/76 22242 LFT 74/92/75/91/76 22242 AEX 75/95/75/94/75 22242 7-RUA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:44 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 22, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 22, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 22, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 22, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5259632.