Lightning, Ward
- When
- June 8, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County, Grandfalls
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 31.510, -103.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 16 year old male received an indirect lightning strike. He was taken to Ward Memorial Hospital in Monahans and transferred to Odessa Medical Center for testing, and was released late that night. The boy and his mother were walking across their porch leaving the house when lightning struck a metal pipe along the side of the house. The boy was struck in the head by a glancing blow from the bolt, knocked to the ground, but sustained no burns. He was dazed but never lost consciousness; he said he remembered feeling the shock as the bolt went through his body. They said the lightning came seemingly from nowhere as all the previous thunder had seemed quite distant. Light rain was falling at the time of the incident.