Lightning, Cochise
- When
- June 29, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, 8 mi E of (Fhu)ft Huachuca Afb
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -109.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Arizona, June 29, 1996
A hiker in the Huachuca Mountains had a lightning strike hit extremely close to him. He was thrown off his feet and could not move for several seconds.
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
- 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 TWC wrote it up.
A hiker in the Huachuca Mountains had a lightning strike hit extremely close to him. He was thrown off his feet and could not move for several seconds. The thunder caused his ears to ring for many days afterward.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5574480.