Lightning, Stone
- When
- September 23, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Stone County, Viola
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 36.747, -93.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Missouri, September 23, 1996
A lightning strike from a severe thunderstorm damaged or destroyed 19 boats at Hobbs Hollow Marina on Table Rock Lake near the town of Viola in the southwest part of the county.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
A lightning strike from a severe thunderstorm damaged or destroyed 19 boats at Hobbs Hollow Marina on Table Rock Lake near the town of Viola in the southwest part of the county.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:09 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
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 23, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, September 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, September 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 23, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, September 23 to 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 23, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, September 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 23, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, September 23, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, September 23, 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: 5574796.