Lightning, Clark
- When
- July 11, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Clark County, 25 mi NW of (Las)mccarran/Las Ve
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 11, 1996
A young woman using an outdoor shower at a Girl Scout Camp sustained minor injuries when lightning struck nearby.
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
- 1
- 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 VEF wrote it up.
A young woman using an outdoor shower at a Girl Scout Camp sustained minor injuries when lightning struck nearby.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Alabama, July 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 11, 1996
- Hurricane in Georgia, July 11 to 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 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: 5557937.