Lightning, Portage
- When
- August 8, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 8, 1996
Lightning struck a number of locations countywide. The most damage was reported at the Streetsboro police station, where the radio antenna was struck, destroying computers and knocking out the 911 and other communications systems.
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
- $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 CLE wrote it up.
Lightning struck a number of locations countywide. The most damage was reported at the Streetsboro police station, where the radio antenna was struck, destroying computers and knocking out the 911 and other communications systems.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:57 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
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- Lightning Strike in New York, August 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 8, 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: 5566673.