Lightning, Washington
- When
- June 14, 3:30 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Marietta
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 14, 1996
An estimated 3,000 dwellings were without electricity fromnumerous strokes. Two cars were damaged by trees struck bylightning.
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
- $50,000
- 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.
An estimated 3,000 dwellings were without electricity fromnumerous strokes. Two cars were damaged by trees struck bylightning. A radio station had some of its equipment damaged.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 14, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 14, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 14, 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: 5559078.