Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Invest 93L fuels Gulf Coast flood threat; lightning strike turns deadly
Top weather news for Thursday, July 17, 2025: Flooding rain is expected along the Gulf Coast as Invest 93L tries to organize into a tropical depression or storm. Meanwhile, tragedy struck at a New Jersey archery range after a lightning strike killed one person and injured more than dozen others.
Weather in America: July 17, 2025
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Invest 93L increases Gulf Coast flood threat as system is monitored for tropical development
The Gulf Coast is facing a surge of tropical moisture as Invest 93L moved through the Florida Peninsula on Tuesday and threatens to produce heavy rainfall along the Interstate 10 corridor into the weekend.
Earlier this week, Florida was the recipient of the heavy rainfall, but the chances of precipitation have now shifted westward and will continue to impact communities in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana through at least Saturday.
Because waters in the Gulf are warm and there is enough spin in the atmosphere, the National Hurricane Center has highlighted an area of the northeastern and north-central Gulf for a low chance of development into a tropical depression or tropical storm, but the system is running out of time to obtain tropical characteristics.
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Lightning strike at New Jersey archery range kills 1, injures 13 others
A lightning strike at an outdoor archery range in eastern New Jersey killed a 61-year-old man and injured more than a dozen others Wednesday evening, local authorities said.
Jackson Township Police said they were notified just after 7 p.m. that multiple people had been struck by lightning at the range.
According to preliminary data from the National Lightning Safety Council, the fatality marks at least the 12th lightning death of the year.
Lightning strike at New Jersey archery range kills 1
A lightning strike at an outdoor archery range in eastern New Jersey killed a 61-year-old man and injured more than a dozen others Wednesday evening, local authorities said.
Texas search for missing flood victims resumes as dry weather finally returns
Wednesday marked the first day since the deadly July Fourth flooding in the Texas Hill Country that Kerr County had no flood advisories or rain in the forecast, allowing search crews to continue their work looking for the bodies of 97 missing people.
After three days of heavy rain causing Kerr County officials to pause search efforts off and on along the Guadalupe River, all of Texas will have drier and sunny weather in the forecast again on Thursday.
A makeshift sign is displayed at the entrance of Schreiner University on July 14, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. More than 160 people are still missing after storm cells halted over the area, dumping nearly 15 inches of rain and causing a 22-foot rise along the Guadalupe River.
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Watch this: Drone video captures tornado rumbling through Wisconsin
A clash of air masses Wednesday resulted in severe storms in parts of the Great Lakes, which included several tornadoes that were caught on video across Wisconsin.
Photos and videos from eyewitnesses and storm chasers caught evidence of the tornadoes around Dodgeville and Sauk City, which are in southwestern Wisconsin.
At least one of the twisters appeared to strike homes and buildings, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries associated with the severe weather.
Drone video shows tornado in Wisconsin
Drone video shot on Wednesday shows a tornado spinning up in Sauk City, Wisconsin.
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