Lightning — Lubbock, Texas

2017-07-01 · near Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas

Event narrative

Lightning struck a house and adjacent tree in east-central Lubbock. The single story family residence became heavily consumed by fire before fire crews could respond. Fire officials were able to extricate two people; one who later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.

Wider weather episode

As the significant nighttime storms of June 30 progressed across the southern South Plains, they gradually waned as a squall line developed in their advance around midnight CST on July 1. This line of storms produced a few severe wind gusts and widespread heavy rainfall before exiting south of the region before daybreak. Flash flooding, which began before midnight CST on July 1st, continued for a few additional hours in Anton (Hockley County) and near Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock County). Also, lightning was responsible for a fatal house fire in east Lubbock.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 700163. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.