Lightning, Washington
- When
- April 26, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Reno
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 26, 1996
Lightning splintered a tree and shattered window paneson the nearby house. A tree limb was imbedded into awall of the hous.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $2,000
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
Lightning splintered a tree and shattered window paneson the nearby house. A tree limb was imbedded into awall of the hous. The resident's phone receiver wasknocked out of her hands, when the current traveled through the underground telephone wires. She was not injuried.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 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 South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 26, 1996
- Flood in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 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: 5545262.