Lightning, King
- When
- November 30, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- King County, Bellevue
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 47.491, -121.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Washington, November 30, 1996
A woman suffered burns to her fingers when lightning struck a telephone line. Lightning also knocked out power in several areas of Bellevue when it struck transformers.
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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 SEW wrote it up.
A woman suffered burns to her fingers when lightning struck a telephone line. Lightning also knocked out power in several areas of Bellevue when it struck transformers.
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 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 Louisiana, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Texas, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, November 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 30, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5571034.