Lightning, Blount
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Blount County, Rockford
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.687, -83.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 13, 1996
A man was struck and killed by lightning at a rockford construction site.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- 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 MRX wrote it up.
A man was struck and killed by lightning at a rockford construction site.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Blount | 1996-07-13 | 24 | Male | Heavy Equipment/Construction | Direct |
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 Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Tropical Storm in New Jersey, July 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, July 13, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 13, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5557510.