Lightning, Bladen
- When
- June 11, 4:33 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, Tobemory
- Coordinates
- 34.614, -78.563 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 11, 1996
Brief torrential rain and intense lightning caused power outages. Reported by DuPont security.
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.
Brief torrential rain and intense lightning caused power outages. Reported by DuPont security.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 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 Kansas, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 11, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 5557847.