Lightning, Larimer
- When
- June 4, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Fort Collins
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 4, 1996
A heavy equipment operator was struck by lightning as he was climbing off a scraper-grader. He received only minor injuries.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 1
- 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 BOU wrote it up.
A heavy equipment operator was struck by lightning as he was climbing off a scraper-grader. He received only minor injuries.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 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
- Flooding in Montana, June 4 to 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, 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: 5561021.