Lightning, Vilas
- When
- July 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County, Lac du Flambeau
- Coordinates
- 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 12, 1996
A bolt of lightning sparked a blaze which did considerable damage to a Lac du Flambeau home.
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 GRB wrote it up.
A bolt of lightning sparked a blaze which did considerable damage to a Lac du Flambeau home.
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 12, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, July 12, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5559624.