Lightning, Gonzales
- When
- September 25, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Gonzales County, Gonzales
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.457, -97.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Texas, September 25, 1999
In Gonzales, lightning struck a tree near where a crowd of people had gathered. Several people in the group were injured by the strike, including a 12-year old girl who was standing under the tree.
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
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
In Gonzales, lightning struck a tree near where a crowd of people had gathered. Several people in the group were injured by the strike, including a 12-year old girl who was standing under the tree. The girl was knocked unconscious, and was taken to a local hospital where she was listed in critical condition with severe burns. She later recovered.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:22 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in Oregon, September 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New York, September 25, 1999
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in Washington, September 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Florida, September 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Idaho, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in Idaho, September 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, September 25, 1999
- Wildfire in Oregon, September 25 to 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in South Dakota, September 25, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 1999
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: 5719236.