Lightning, Boone
- When
- September 19, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County, 18 mi WNW of Albion
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 19, 1996
Lightning struck a home shorting out electrical circuits and appliances.
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
- $7,000
- 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 OAX wrote it up.
Lightning struck a home shorting out electrical circuits and appliances.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:01 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
- Tornado in Nebraska, September 19, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Flooding in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 19, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 19, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, September 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Flood in Kansas, September 19 to 20, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1996
- Flood in Kansas, September 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, 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: 5563915.