Lightning, Harding
- When
- April 9, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 10 mi SW of Roy
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -103.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Mexico, April 9, 1996
A lightning caused fire destroyed a historic homestead era barn on the Weisdorfer Ranch southwest of Roy.
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
- 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 ABQ wrote it up.
A lightning caused fire destroyed a historic homestead era barn on the Weisdorfer Ranch southwest of Roy.
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 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
- Heavy Snow in Maine, April 9 to 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 9 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 9 to 10, 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: 5547481.