Lightning, Cassia
- When
- July 17, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, 6 mi SW of Burley
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.284, -113.600 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Idaho, July 17, 1996
At approximately 3:30 pm MDT, a farm worker was struck and killed by lightning while hoeing beets. His wife was approximately 3 feet from him at the time and was shocked but not seriously injured.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 PIH wrote it up.
At approximately 3:30 pm MDT, a farm worker was struck and killed by lightning while hoeing beets. His wife was approximately 3 feet from him at the time and was shocked but not seriously injured.
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
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, Cassia | 1996-07-17 | 28 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | 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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- Heat in South Carolina, July 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 17, 1996
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 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: 5568094.