Lightning, Baltimore City (C)
- When
- June 19, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Baltimore City (C) County, Downtown
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.290, -76.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 19, 1996
Lightning struck and killed a construction worker on a roof in downtown Baltimore. The worker died from cardiac arrest.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
Lightning struck and killed a construction worker on a roof in downtown Baltimore. The worker died from cardiac arrest.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 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, Baltimore City (C) | 1996-06-19 | 28 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | 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
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, June 19 to 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, 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: 5560613.