Lightning, Clark
- When
- August 10, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 1 mi SE of Ashland
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Kansas, August 10, 1996
Lightning struck a home and caused extensive damage. South and southwest walls of the house were moved off the foundation.
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 DDC wrote it up.
Lightning struck a home and caused extensive damage. South and southwest walls of the house were moved off the foundation. The carpet was singed. The floor in one room was forced 2 feet upward...several other walls were cracked.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:30 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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- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 10, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, August 10, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, August 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 10, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, August 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 10, 1996
- Flood in Louisiana, August 10, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, August 10, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, August 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 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: 5568880.