Lightning, Texas
- When
- July 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Guymon
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 8, 1996
Male, 34 years old, was struck by lightning on top of railroad car and later died.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Male, 34 years old, was struck by lightning on top of railroad car and later died.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Texas | 1996-07-08 | 34 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1996
- Hail in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, July 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579405.