Lightning Strike in Texas, November 22, 2007

Name: Lightning Strike in Texas, November 22, 2007
Start: 2007-11-22T23:15
End: 2007-11-22T23:16
Location: Texas

November 22, 2007 · NWS HGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm produced a lightning strike that damaged a mobile home.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 HGX wrote it up.

A thunderstorm produced a lightning strike that damaged a mobile home.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 11:07 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 11:07 PM CST, 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1107 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE STARTED RECEIVING REPORTS OF SOME ICE PELLETS MIXED IN WITH
THE RAIN OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WET BULB ZERO IS RATHER LOW SO
WILL INTRODUCE ICE PELLETS AND HAVE RAISED POPS OVER THE NORTH AND
COASTAL COUNTIES. A NEW SET OF ZONES ON THE WAY. 43

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1047 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007/

DISCUSSION...
STARTED GETTING A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAVE UPDATED THE ZONES
TO REFLECT THUNDER. RADAR LOOKS VERY ACTIVE YET MEASURABLE
RAINFALL REMAINS RATHER SPARSE. WILL MAINTAIN LOW END CHANCE POPS. 43

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      42  56  42  48  41 /  40  10  50  90  80
HOUSTON (IAH)              43  57  45  52  43 /  20  10  40  90  80
GALVESTON (GLS)            48  61  54  60  52 /  10  10  50  70  80

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
     20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
     CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20
     TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.

&&

DISCUSSION...43

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 5:21 AM CST, 17 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
521 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231130-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
521 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST THROUGH 10 AM
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND BAYS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO. STORMY AND COOL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND
MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT. DISTURBANCES AHEAD OF
THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR ON SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Burleson

When: November 22, 11:15 PM CST to 11:16 PM CST
Where: Burleson County, Caldwell
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 30.530, -96.680

A mobile home was damaged in a lightning strike.

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

Every storm in Texas in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, November 2007

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: 64018.