Lightning, Delaware
- When
- July 18, 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Delaware
- Property damage
- $620,000
- Coordinates
- 40.278, -83.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 18, 1996
Lightning struck a free-standing garage causing extensive damage.
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
- $620,000
- 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 ILN wrote it up.
Lightning struck a free-standing garage causing extensive damage.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:28 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 Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, 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: 5567721.