Lightning, Strafford
- When
- July 9, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Strafford County, Middleton
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 43.297, -71.029 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 1996
Lightning was responsible for a barn fire in Middleton. The lightning also travelled through electrical wires to a nearby house where it shocked a 14 year old boy who was sitting near a washing machine.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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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
- 1
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Lightning was responsible for a barn fire in Middleton. The lightning also travelled through electrical wires to a nearby house where it shocked a 14 year old boy who was sitting near a washing machine.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 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 Colorado, July 9, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, July 9, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Texas, July 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 9, 1996
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 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: 5578233.