Lightning, Penobscot
- When
- July 27, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Penobscot County, Clifton
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, July 27, 1996
Lightning struck a two-story two-car garage causing a fire whiched destroyed the structure and a pickup truck that was inside.
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
- $15,000
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Lightning struck a two-story two-car garage causing a fire whiched destroyed the structure and a pickup truck that was inside.
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 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
- Rip Current in Florida, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 27 to 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 27, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Texas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 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: 5578222.