Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- August 26, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, 5 mi N of Buna
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -93.967
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 26, 2002
Trees and power lines were blown down on homes in the Buna area.
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
- $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 happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Trees and power lines were blown down on homes in the Buna area.
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 Aug 26, 1:18 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:18 PM CST, 4 hours before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
218 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE
TO ROTATE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN
AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. LOW COULD
WEAKEN AND SLIP DOWN INTO ALABAMA THURSDAY. A LOW LEVEL FLOW WITH A
NORTHERLY...RATHER THAN SOUTHERLY...COMPONENT MEANS DEPTH OF MOIST
LAYER WILL NOT INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY...REMAIN AT OR BELOW 700 MB...
THROUGH THURSDAY. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL BE THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TO
INSTABILITY. THUS POPS WILL BE ON THE LOW SIDE...AND MOSTLY DURING
THE DAYTIME...THROUGH THURSDAY.
.PRELIM NUMBERS...
TU WE TH T W T
AEX 73/ 94 72/94 72/92 12-1-1
BPT 75/ 94 73/94 74/93 11-1-1
LCH 75/ 94 73/94 74/92 12-1-1
LFT 75/ 93 73/93 74/92 12-1-1
.LCH...OZONE ACTION DAY FOR HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR TUESDAY...TXZ201...215 AND 216.The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 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 in Wyoming, August 26, 2002
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 26, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, August 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 26, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2002
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: 5317316.