Lightning, Oakland
- When
- July 29, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oakland County, Milford Twp
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.660, -83.386 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 29, 1996
A 38-year-old women was struck by lightning and killed in Milford township while standing near a tree on the patio of her parents house.
Where it happened
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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 DTX wrote it up.
A 38-year-old women was struck by lightning and killed in Milford township while standing near a tree on the patio of her parents house.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:04 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, Oakland | 1996-07-29 | 38 | Female | Under Tree | 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
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- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 29, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 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: 5559725.