Damaging Wind in Texas, August 26, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, August 26, 2002
Start: 2002-08-26T17:15
End: 2002-08-26T17:15
Location: Texas

August 26, 2002 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down in Burkeville during a severe thunderstorm.

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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 in Burkeville during a severe thunderstorm.

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, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:18 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes 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.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Newton

When: August 26, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Newton County, Burkeville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5317317.