Lightning — Leon, Texas

2025-04-24 · near Centerville, Leon, Texas

Event narrative

Emergency management reported a storage building being struck by lightning and destroyed by fire on CR 205 near Pleasant Springs. Time was estimated from lightning network data.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorm complexes which developed across the Hill Country and Northwest Texas during the afternoons of April 23 and 24 propagated southeast across North and Central Texas each night into the following mornings. Several instances of large hail and damaging winds occurred with these storms, along with localized flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1255943. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.