Lightning, Sullivan
- When
- August 3, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, Fallsburgh
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New York, August 3, 1996
Thunderstorms produced vivid cloud to ground lightning across Sullivan county. A woman in the town of Fallsburgh was struck by lightning and killed while working on her garden.
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
- 1
- 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 BGM wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced vivid cloud to ground lightning across Sullivan county. A woman in the town of Fallsburgh was struck by lightning and killed while working on her garden.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Sullivan | 1996-08-03 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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 South Carolina, August 3, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 3 to 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 3, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, August 3, 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: 5563598.