Lightning in Jefferson County, Texas

Lightning July 23, 2009 · Jefferson County, Texas

Death

Injuries

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

All local media reported eight construction workers repairing the roof of a modular home on Bufford Street in Sabine Pass were struck by lightning and injured. One of the workers was critically injured and later died. The home was also set on fire by the lightning strike.

The wider storm

Scattered strong thunderstorms developed over southeast Texas during the afternoon hours. One storm moving across Sabine Pass produced a lightning strike that injured 7 people and killed one person.

Began near Sabine (29.7318, -93.9002).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 190277. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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