Lightning, Pontotoc
- When
- April 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County, 5 mi S of Ada
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Coordinates
- 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, April 22, 1996
Lightning struck and set fire to a house. The house and contents, valued at $70,000, were destroyed.
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
- $70,000
- 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 OUN wrote it up.
Lightning struck and set fire to a house. The house and contents, valued at $70,000, were destroyed.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:02 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 Arkansas, April 22, 1996
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, April 22, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
- Hail in Arkansas, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, April 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, 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: 5560735.