Lightning, Bladen
- When
- July 25, 4:50 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, 5 mi N of Kelly
- Coordinates
- 34.614, -78.563 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 25, 1996
Severe lightning and torrential rain measured 4 inches in 45 minutes, described as most intense witnessed in 61 years.
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
- 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 ILM wrote it up.
Severe lightning and torrential rain measured 4 inches in 45 minutes, described as most intense witnessed in 61 years.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 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
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 25, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 25, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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: 5564424.