Lightning, Sedgwick
- When
- June 4, 10:38 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, Wichita
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 4, 1996
AT EDGEMOOR PARK, WICHITA, 2 TEENAGERS FATALLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNINGAT 1038 PM CST.
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
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 ICT wrote it up.
AT EDGEMOOR PARK, WICHITA, 2 TEENAGERS FATALLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNINGAT 1038 PM CST.
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:38 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, Sedgwick | 1996-06-04 | 16 | Male | Other | Direct |
| Lightning, Sedgwick | 1996-06-04 | 16 | Female | Other | 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
- Flooding in Montana, June 4 to 14, 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
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, 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: 5567944.