893  
NOUS44 KSHV 111909  
PNSSHV  
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-  
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-120715-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
209 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/08/2025 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT  
 
   
THUNDERSTORM WIND #1: DEEP EAST TEXAS  
 
RATING: TSTM/WIND  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 45.3 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 8000 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 06/08/2025  
START TIME: 5:20 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 4 NNE TIMPSON / SHELBY COUNTY / TX  
START LAT/LON: 31.9661 / -94.3775  
 
END DATE: 06/08/2025  
END TIME: 6:55 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 6 W BRONSON / SAN AUGUSTINE / TX  
END LAT/LON: 31.3542 / -94.1118  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
 
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 8, 2025, A POWERFUL HIGH  
PRECIPITATION SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER EAST TEXAS  
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY AND ADVANCED SOUTH-SOUTHEAST THROUGH  
DEEP EAST TEXAS IN A HIGHLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EARLY  
EVENING. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM  
WAS MOST PRONOUNCED FROM NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH  
CENTRAL SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES, BUT MOSTLY WEST OF THE LARGER  
TOWNS OF CENTER, TEXAS AND SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS.  
 
MOST OF THE PRODUCED DAMAGE WAS TREES UPROOTED IN A GENERAL  
SOUTHWARD DIRECTION, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ALSO SOME NOTED TRUNK  
SNAPS - WHICH GENERALLY TAKES MORE WIND THAN TREE UPROOTS REQUIRE.  
THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED DUE TO WIND ALONG AND NOT  
JUST TREES FALLING UPON STRUCTURES (ALTHOUGH THERE WERE INSTANCES  
OF THAT, TOO). THE MOST NOTABLE AND IMPRESSIVE INSTANCE OF  
STRUCTURAL STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS IN THE COMMUNITY OF  
JERICHO WHERE A CLUSTERING OF CHICKEN HOUSES WAS MOSTLY TO  
COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO BE UP  
TO 100 MPH. EVEN IN THIS AREA, THERE WAS A LACK OF DAMAGE PATTERNS  
TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS. ALSO NOTABLE WAS  
DAMAGE TO A CHURCH IN THE TOWN OF TIMPSON IN NORTHWESTERN SHELBY  
COUNTY. SEVERE WIND GUSTS HERE KNOCKED THE BRICK VENEER OFF OF  
THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH WITH THAT VENEER FALLING ONTO THE CHURCH  
AWNING AND DESTROYING THAT AS WELL.  
 
THIS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL FOR MUCH OF  
ITS LIFE THROUGH THIS PORTION OF DEEP EAST TEXAS AND THIS PROBABLY  
HELPED STRENGTHEN THE NEGATIVE BUOYANCY OF THE DOWNDRAFTS - AND  
THUS HELPED BOOST WIND GUSTS PRODUCED IN THE REAR-FLANK DOWNDRAFT  
PORTION OF THE STORM. FORTUNATELY, THE SURVEY TEAM HAD HEARD OF NO  
INJURIES OR FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM - AT LEAST AT  
THE TIME OF THIS WRITING.  
 
MANY THANKS TO TDEM AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN SHELBY  
AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE LOCATING AND  
GETTING ACCESS TO DAMAGE.  
 
 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN  
NWS STORM DATA.  
 
 
 
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