Lightning, San Joaquin
- When
- August 19, 11:30 AM PST to 11:45 AM PST
- Where
- San Joaquin County, Lodi
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.935, -121.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in California, August 19, 1997
Lightning struck a metal vine support in a vineyard near Lodi, injuring three workers.
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
- 3
- 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 STO wrote it up.
Lightning struck a metal vine support in a vineyard near Lodi, injuring three workers.
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 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
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, August 19 to 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 19 to 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 19, 1997
- Flood in Indiana, August 19, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 19, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 19, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, August 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 19, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, August 19, 1997
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: 5624144.