Lightning, Brunswick
- When
- July 2, 4:00 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, 1 mi N of Leland
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.039, -78.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
Lightning sparked a fire that destroyed a mobile house on Dogwood Road. No one was home at the time.
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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 ILM wrote it up.
Lightning sparked a fire that destroyed a mobile house on Dogwood Road. No one was home at the time. Power outages to 400 northern Bruswick County residents.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 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
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 2, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 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: 5563837.