Lightning, Norfolk
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Norfolk County, Norfolk
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
Lightning struck a well system in the backyard of a home as many people gathered during an outdoor wedding reception. Sixteen people were hit by the lightning and seven were transported to the hospital.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 7
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
Lightning struck a well system in the backyard of a home as many people gathered during an outdoor wedding reception. Sixteen people were hit by the lightning and seven were transported to the hospital. One person was held for observation. Elsewhere in town, four houses and a barn were hit by lightning.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 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: 5557565.