Lightning, St. Louis
- When
- May 4, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Kirkwood
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.641, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Missouri, May 4, 1996
A lightning strike started a fire at a home in Kirkwood, damaging the roof and one side. It was believed the lightning struck a gas meter.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
A lightning strike started a fire at a home in Kirkwood, damaging the roof and one side. It was believed the lightning struck a gas meter. Other lightning strikes in the are knocked out electricity to about 6000 homes.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 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 Ohio, May 4, 1996
- Hail in Florida, May 4, 1996
- Hail in Florida, May 4, 1996
- Tornado in Ohio, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 4 to 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 4, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 4 to 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 4, 1996
- Tornado in Ohio, May 4, 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: 5553092.