Lightning, Coffee
- When
- September 11, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County, Mt Pleasant
- Crop damage
- $240
- Coordinates
- 31.403, -85.988 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 11, 1996
Lightning struck and killed 5 goats. The animals were apparently walking toward a shed just prior to the onset of rain and were on a slight rise 5 to 10 feet from a shed when they were struck.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $240
- 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.
Lightning struck and killed 5 goats. The animals were apparently walking toward a shed just prior to the onset of rain and were on a slight rise 5 to 10 feet from a shed when they were struck.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 11, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, September 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, September 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, September 11 to 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, September 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: 5564443.