Lightning in Archer County, Texas

Lightning April 26, 2025 · Archer County, Texas

$800K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Relayed social media images show a house fire caused by a suspected lightning strike. Event time is estimated.

The wider storm

A slow-moving mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) produced severe weather and flash flooding during the morning and afternoon of the 26th. A house fire in Archer County was reported to have been caused by a lightning strike during thunderstorms in the early afternoon.

Began near Lakeside City (33.8275, -98.5996).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256320. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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