Strong Wind — Cherokee, Texas

2012-01-16 · Cherokee, Texas

Wider weather episode

Strong pressure gradient winds from the south resulted in sustained wind speeds near 20 mph with gusts as highs as 40 mph across all of Northeast Texas during the afternoon hours of January 16th. This made for very large swells on Lake Palestine in Northeast Texas. A man and his wife were out fishing on a boat when the boat capsized from the large wave action on the lake. The man drowned but his wife was later rescued.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 354155. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.