Lightning, Coffee
- When
- June 26, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County, Enterprise
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 31.403, -85.988 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 26, 1996
Three children playing on an unfinished soccer field next to a YMCA were struck by lightning. One child was fatally injured while the 2 other children received only minor injuries.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- 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 TAE wrote it up.
Three children playing on an unfinished soccer field next to a YMCA were struck by lightning. One child was fatally injured while the 2 other children received only minor injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
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, Coffee | 1996-07-26 | 10 | Male | Ball Field | Direct |
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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- Flash Flood in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, June 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 1996
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: 5560080.