Thunderstorm Wind — Sabine, Texas

1998-02-10 · near Hemphill, Sabine, Texas

Event narrative

Hundreds of trees were uprooted across the area including several that fell across homes and automobiles. Nearly all secondary and Farm to Market roads were closed. Over 300 million board feet of timber was destroyed accounting for 6 million dollars in private timber loss while 10 million dollars damage occurred to homes and property.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5635531. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.