Lightning, McHenry
- When
- August 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Woodstock
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 42.324, -88.452 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 5, 1996
Lightning strikes knocked out power at the Woodstock swimming pool and struck power lines and equipment in 25 different places throughout McHenry County. 00.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- 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 LOT wrote it up.
Lightning strikes knocked out power at the Woodstock swimming pool and struck power lines and equipment in 25 different places throughout McHenry County. The roof of an apartment building caught fire after being struck by lightning, with damages estimated at $200,000.00.
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:27 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.
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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: 5563379.