Lightning, Jasper
- When
- June 16, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Joplin
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.204, -94.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 16, 1996
A 78 year old woman, Meta B. Stinnett, was killed by lightning during an afternoon thunderstorm.
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 SGF wrote it up.
A 78 year old woman, Meta B. Stinnett, was killed by lightning during an afternoon thunderstorm. A bolt of lightning hit a tree about 50 feet from where she was standing in her front yard. The energy from the bolt traveled along the ground and struck her.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 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, Jasper | 1996-06-16 | 78 | 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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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: 5557840.