Lightning — Grayson, Texas

2025-06-08 · near Gunter, Grayson, Texas

Event narrative

Broadcast media reported that two men were struck by lightning at The Bridges golf course in Gunter. One man was killed and another injured.

Wider weather episode

A highly unstable and strongly sheared environment set the stage for an evening of severe weather, as a line of thunderstorms pushed south from the Southern Plains into North Texas on June 8. Widespread wind damage, scattered large hail reports and a few tornadoes occurred as storms continued south overnight into the early morning hours of June 9.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1274182. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.