Thunderstorm Wind — Sabine, Texas

2024-01-08 · near Rosevine, Sabine, Texas

Event narrative

A wooden porch was lifted off of a home near the intersection of State Highway 103 and FM Road 1592. A tree was also downed along with damage to a concession stand and a nearby trampoline.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed across parts of East Texas in the early afternoon on January 8th, mainly along and north of a surface warm front oriented across Southeast Texas. Near and south of the front, surface dew points rose into the mid and upper 60s, with MLCAPE values of 2000-3000 J/kg. Wind profiles near the warm front showed very strong low-level vertical shear. Thunderstorms were initially elevated through the mid-morning hours with primarily a large hail threat, but daytime heating began to aid in additional convective development along the warm front by late morning into the early afternoon. This led to the development of surface-based thunderstorms with increasing potential for some damaging wind gusts, and one such storm produced very isolated wind damage in Sabine County Texas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1157603. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.