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Thunderstorm Wind — Sabine, Texas

February 10, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$16.0M
Magnitude
100
Area
Sabine

Event narrative (NOAA)

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.

Other notable thunderstorm wind events in Texas

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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