Lightning, Carter
- When
- August 9, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County, Ardmore
- Coordinates
- 34.251, -97.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 9, 1996
Lightning knocked a power pole and lines down in a water-filled alley. A 12-year-old boy playing in the alley mistakenly thought it was a rope, reached for it under the water, and was electrocuted.
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
- 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 OUN wrote it up.
Lightning knocked a power pole and lines down in a water-filled alley. A 12-year-old boy playing in the alley mistakenly thought it was a rope, reached for it under the water, and was electrocuted.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 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
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 9, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1996
- Flood in Kansas, August 9 to 10, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, August 9 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, August 9, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 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: 5569409.