Texas, 2025

Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Texas, July 25 to 27, 2025

July 25 to 27, 2025 · NWS LCH · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

An inverted trough slowly moved across southeast Texas. Heavy rain caused flooding in Jefferson County and a thunderstorm burned a home in Jasper County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$101,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 LCH wrote it up.

An inverted trough slowly moved across southeast Texas. Heavy rain caused flooding in Jefferson County and a thunderstorm burned a home in Jasper County.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Jefferson

When
July 25, 9:40 PM CST to 10:40 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, 1.7 mi WSW of Voth to 0.48 mi W of Gillburg
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
30.166, -94.204

Flooding occurred in the Bor-Ley Heights subdivision with at least one home receiving minor flooding.

Lightning, Jasper

When
July 27, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Jasper County, 3.29 mi SSW of Le Verte
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
30.480, -93.950

A home was struck by lightning. The resulting fire consumed most of the structure.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1283170, 1283171.