Lightning, Androscoggin
- When
- August 4, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin County, Poland Spg
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, August 4, 1996
One man was hospitalized and suffered minor nerve damage after being struck by lightning while golfing. Seven others standing nearby were knocked to the ground, presumably by the ground current, and later experienced buzzing in their ears and tingling in their feet.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
One man was hospitalized and suffered minor nerve damage after being struck by lightning while golfing. Seven others standing nearby were knocked to the ground, presumably by the ground current, and later experienced buzzing in their ears and tingling in their feet.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 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: 5578699.