Lightning, Stark
- When
- August 2, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Stark County, Dickinson
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Coordinates
- 46.811, -102.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 2, 1996
Lightning struck a 12 unit condo in Dickinson and set the building on fire. A total of 24 people were left homeless because of the fire.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- 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 BIS wrote it up.
Lightning struck a 12 unit condo in Dickinson and set the building on fire. A total of 24 people were left homeless because of the fire.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 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.
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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: 5559634.