Lightning, Pittsylvania
- When
- July 25, 11:45 AM EST
- Where
- Pittsylvania County, 1 mi W of Chatham
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 36.821, -79.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 25, 1996
Lightning started a fire which destroyed a house 1 mile west of Chatham.
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
- $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 RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms during the late morning hours on the 25th produced damaging lightning in south-central Virginia.Lightning started a fire which destroyed a house 1 mile west of Chatham.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Tornado in North Carolina, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 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: 5557212.