Lightning, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- March 15, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County, Virginia Beach
- Coordinates
- 36.738, -76.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Virginia, March 15, 1996
LIGHTNING STARTED A SMALL FIRE AT A HOME NEAR KEMPSVILLE ROAD AND CENTERVILLE TURNPIKE. ELECTRICITY WAS KNOCKED OUT TO ABOUT 2000-2500 VIRGINIA POWER CUSTOMERS.
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 AKQ wrote it up.
LIGHTNING STARTED A SMALL FIRE AT A HOME NEAR KEMPSVILLE ROAD AND CENTERVILLE TURNPIKE. ELECTRICITY WAS KNOCKED OUT TO ABOUT 2000-2500 VIRGINIA POWER CUSTOMERS.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 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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- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 15, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 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: 5582521.