Lightning, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 24, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Cleveland
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 24, 1996
Lightning struck a church at East 260th and Euclid. Minor injuries were reported.
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
- 3
- 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 CLE wrote it up.
Lightning struck a church at East 260th and Euclid. Minor injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 24, 1996
- High Surf in California, July 24 to 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 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: 5557603.