Lightning, Hancock
- When
- May 29, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Castine
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, May 29, 1996
Lightning struck a home in Castine. The powerful stroke was accompanied by a particularly loud crash of thunder blowing the outside wall of a home inside, leaving a hole in the kitchen wall.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 home in Castine. The powerful stroke was accompanied by a particularly loud crash of thunder blowing the outside wall of a home inside, leaving a hole in the kitchen wall. Metal from appliances and chunks of shrapnel debris blew into the adjoining room.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 168 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 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 North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 29, 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: 5577989.