Lightning in Lubbock County, Texas
Lightning July 1, 2017 · Lubbock County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Lubbock (33.5705, -101.8298).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 700163. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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