A lightning strike from early evening thunderstorms killed one person and injured another on a soccer field.
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A lightning strike from early evening thunderstorms killed one person and injured another on a soccer field.
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 Sep 9, 5:34 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 634 PM CDT THU SEP 9 2010 .AVIATION... SHOWERS WORKING THEIR WAY NORTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY MAY PRODUCE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES BEFORE WEAKENING IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE LEFT VCTS IN IAH AND CXO TAFS UNTIL 02Z. AFTER THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY QUIET NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IN PLACE. COULD HAVE SOME IFR CEILINGS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE IN A FEW SPOTS AND WILL KEEP AN EYE ON TRENDS FOR NEXT SET OF FORECASTS. MB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 354 PM CDT THU SEP 9 2010/ DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEGUN TO DISSIPATE AS THEY PUSH EASTWARD TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 45 CORRIDOR. SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING BACK TOWARDS SAN ANTONIO THIS AFTERNOON SO WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN PLACE THROUGH THE EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MODEL GUIDANCE IS CONSIDERABLY DRIER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. HAVE LOWERED POPS SLIGHTLY AND INCREASED AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES. HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER THE WEEKEND WILL ONCE AGAIN PUSH INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS...WITH MANY AREAS SEEING VALUES BETWEEN 103 AND 105 DEGREES...ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT APPEAR WE WILL REACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. BY SUNDAY THE RIDGE AXIS SHOULD SHIFT FAR ENOUGH WEST TO ALLOW A SURFACE FRONT TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE FRONT IS NOT CURRENTLY FORECAST TO PUSH INTO OUR AREA BUT WILL HELP TO BRING SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ON TUESDAY THE RIDGE WILL MOVE BACK OVER THE REGION BRINGING DRIER WEATHER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 38 MARINE... UPPER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED NEAR THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE WILL BUILD OVER THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THIS WEEKEND. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MAY WORK ITS WAY OFF THE COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK AND BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. 40 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 77 94 76 94 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 76 93 76 93 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 82 90 81 90 80 / 20 10 20 20 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 645 AM CDT THU SEP 9 2010 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-101145- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- 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-WHARTON- 645 AM CDT THU SEP 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 21 year old male and a 9 year old female were struck by lightning while on a soccer field at Crippen Elementary School. The male's injuries proved fatal almost one month later. The female recovered from her injuries.
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, Montgomery | 2010-10-07 | 21 | Male | Ball Field | Direct |
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