Lightning, Randall
- When
- April 29, 1:22 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Texas, April 29, 1999
A thunderstorm over southwest Amarillo shortly after midnight produced lightning which set a house on fire. There were no deaths or injuries reported.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- 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.
A thunderstorm over southwest Amarillo shortly after midnight produced lightning which set a house on fire. There were no deaths or injuries reported. There was damage to the roof and smoke damage inside the house.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 29, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 29, 1999
- Flooding in Wyoming, April 29 to 30, 1999
- High Wind in Arizona, April 29, 1999
- Flood and Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 29, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, April 29, 1999
More
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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: 5695872.