Lightning, Dolores
- When
- May 22, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Dolores County, 7 mi NW of Dove Creek
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 37.752, -108.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 22, 1997
Lightning struck a telephone pole on a county road in Northdale, then traveled through the wires into a nearby house. Many electronic items were damaged, including a microwave oven and a satellite receiver.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
Lightning struck a telephone pole on a county road in Northdale, then traveled through the wires into a nearby house. Many electronic items were damaged, including a microwave oven and a satellite receiver. A picture was also damaged when it was knocked off a wall.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 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
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 22 to 31, 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: 5600653.