Lightning, Carter
- When
- June 1, 11:28 AM CST
- Where
- Carter County, 4 mi NE of Ardmore
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 34.251, -97.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 1, 1996
Lightning struck and set fire to the Chickasaw Lake Clubhouse. The building sustained about $100,000 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
- $100,000
- 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 the Chickasaw Lake Clubhouse. The building sustained about $100,000 damage.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:27 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
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- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1996
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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: 5565511.