Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- May 25, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County, Alba
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.783, -95.617
Deputies measured wind gusts to 60 mph.
Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- 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 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1135 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT ZONE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...BUT DID SEND OUT ANOTHER UPDATE TO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS MAINLY IN THE NW AND E ZONES. LOTS OF BLOWOFF PROGRESSING SE FROM MCS OVER S OK/NW TX...AND HAVE NOTED DRIER AIR MIXING ITS WAY DOWNWARD TOWARDS THE SURFACE ON EASTERLY FLOW...AS LOW CLOUD COVER IS THINNING OUT. WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT SHOULD REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS LOWER E TX AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF N LA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT SHORT TERM MODELS ARE NOT PICKING UP ON CURRENT MCS VERY WELL. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THIS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BUILD SE ALONG A WEAK 925MB FRONT EXTENDING FROM N TX INTO E TX...WITH THE MAIN SHORTWAVE ENERGY LOCATED FARTHER N ACROSS CENTRAL OK. BUT THE RUC HAS THIS BOUNDARY WASHING OUT BY AFTERNOON...WHILE 850MB WINDS BEGIN TO SHIFT MORE NORTHERLY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AS WELL. THUS...THIS CONVECTION MAY ACTUALLY BUILD MORE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE BETTER INSTABILITY AXIS S OF THE FRONT ACROSS N TX THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WILL RETAIN CURRENT POPS AS ADVERTISED...AS CLUSTER STILL HAS SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE MAKING IT TO WESTERN E TX. WILL SLOW KEEP 20 POPS IN ALL DAY FOR THE E AS 850MB MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE SHARP MOISTURE GRADIENT HAS ALLOWED FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TO FORM NEAR MLU. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 88 66 87 63 / 20 20 20 20 MLU 85 60 86 61 / 20 10 10 20 DEQ 84 60 83 58 / 20 20 20 20 TXK 85 63 85 61 / 20 20 20 20 ELD 84 59 85 59 / 20 10 10 20 TYR 90 67 85 64 / 30 30 30 30 GGG 90 67 86 63 / 30 30 30 30 LFK 91 68 88 66 / 30 30 30 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 15
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 11:00 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261100- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM LOWER EAST TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. AN ADDITIONAL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF THE DFW METROPLEX...COULD ALSO AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THESE AREAS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. ELSEWHERE...ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS AS IF A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL WILL COME AS EARLY AS FRIDAY EVENING INTO MUCH OF THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AS THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE THAT HAS PROVIDED THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT OFF TO THE WEST...ALLOWING SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION ATOP ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL PULL UP STATIONARY. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS EAST TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. 15
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25, 2005
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, May 25 to 26, 2005
- Storm Surge in Maine, May 25 to 26, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25 to 26, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 25 to 26, 2005
- Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 2005
- High Wind in Rhode Island, May 25, 2005
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 25, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 25, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 25, 2005
More
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2005
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: 5481479.