Lightning, Graves
- When
- April 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Graves County, Wingo
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Kentucky, April 30, 1997
A man and woman were struck by lightning as they sat on their front porch. The man received second degree burns on his left leg.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
A man and woman were struck by lightning as they sat on their front porch. The man received second degree burns on his left leg. The hair on his leg was singed, as were his pants. The woman sustained lesser injuries and declined treatment.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:28 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.
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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: 5593721.