Thunderstorm Wind — Rusk, Texas

2025-08-01 · near Turnertown, Rusk, Texas

Event narrative

Power lines were downed on CR 4115 and CR 4117.

Wider weather episode

A weak cool front drifted south through East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and extreme Northern Louisiana during the afternoon of August 1st, ahead of an upper level trough of low pressure that shifted east into the Four State Region. Large scale forcing along the front coupled with strong instability that developed in the moist air mass in place yielded scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across East Texas and North Louisiana during the afternoon and evening, some of which became severe with locally heavy rainfall. Instances of damaging winds and localized flash flooding was observed across portions of East Texas, before the storms diminished during the evening with the loss of heating.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1284489. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.