Lightning, Baldwin
- When
- August 25, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County, Bay Minette
- Coordinates
- 30.661, -87.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 25, 1996
Nine cows were struck and killed by lightning. The cows were huddled under a lone tree on a hill when the lightning hit the tree and killed the cattle.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 MOB wrote it up.
Nine cows were struck and killed by lightning. The cows were huddled under a lone tree on a hill when the lightning hit the tree and killed the cattle.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 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
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 25, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, August 25, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, August 25, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, August 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 1996
- Hail in Florida, August 25, 1996
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566252.