Lightning, Blue Earth
- When
- September 2, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County, Lehillier
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 44.035, -94.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Minnesota, September 2, 1996
Estimated time of lightning strike.
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
- $100,000
- 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 MPX wrote it up.
Estimated time of lightning strike.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 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
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, September 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, September 2, 1996
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, September 2 to 11, 1996
- Hurricane in Maine, September 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, September 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 2, 1996
- High Wind in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, September 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, September 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: 5566871.