Lightning — Smith, Texas

2009-06-10 · near Tyler, Smith, Texas

Event narrative

Two people driving an automobile got out of a truck when the vehicle drove over power lines that were downed from earlier in the evening. The two adults were electrocuted when the exited the burning vehicle.

Wider weather episode

A derecho developed across north central Texas into south central Oklahoma during the evening hours of June 10th and move east into the four state region. This complex of storms moved into an area with extreme instability and the result was widespread wind damage across much of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northwest Louisiana. Isolated tornadoes were also reported along the leading edge of the squall line as it moved into northeast Texas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 183188. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.