Lightning, Northampton
- When
- July 3, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Northampton County, Klecknersville
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1996
Lightning hit the corner of and started a fire in a Moore Township house. Unfortunately it struck near a propane line that fed the house's furnace.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- 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 PHI wrote it up.
Lightning hit the corner of and started a fire in a Moore Township house. Unfortunately it struck near a propane line that fed the house's furnace. Fed by the propane, the fire smoldered and damaged the interior walls of the house before it was extinguished. Damage was estimated at $40,000.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:30 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 Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 3 to 4, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flood in New York, July 3, 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: 5562627.