Lightning, Perry
- When
- July 19, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County, Pinckneyville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.084, -89.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Illinois, July 19, 1996
The sheriff's office received extensive damage. All radio and telephone communications were knocked out for up to 30 minutes.
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
- $50,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
The sheriff's office received extensive damage. All radio and telephone communications were knocked out for up to 30 minutes. Some electrical appliances were damaged.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:43 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
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- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, July 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: 5557771.