Lightning, Daviess
- When
- September 5, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County, 2 mi E of Whitesville
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Kentucky, September 5, 1996
A large oak tree with a trunk nearly 5 feet in diameter was struck by lightning. The tree fell on top of a house, causing heavy damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
A large oak tree with a trunk nearly 5 feet in diameter was struck by lightning. The tree fell on top of a house, causing heavy damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Virginia, September 5 to 6, 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: 5565405.