Waterspout · Gulf of Mexico

Waterspout July 7, 2010 · Sabine Lake, Gulf of Mexico

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

KFDM-TV reported a waterspout near of the Total Petrochemical Refinery northeast of Port Arthur. Video from the public showed this waterspout lasting for several minutes, and possibly moving inland as a tornado across the marshes along the Neches River near the Rainbow Bridge.

The wider storm

A small tropical low that moved inland along the south central Louisiana coast from late in the evening hours on July 5 into the early morning hours of July 6, continued northwest into east Texas from July 7 into July 8. This system brought several rainbands across southeast Texas, one of which produced a waterspout over Sabine Lake.

Began near North Pleasure Island (29.9558, -93.8178).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 252151. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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