Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 13, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$20,000

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.

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 UTC.

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Lightning

A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornado in Kentucky, June 13, 19972 injured · $120,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 13, 19971 injured · $2.0 million · 90 kt wind · 14 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 19971 injured · $2.4 million · 100 kt wind · 8 events
• Tornado in Tennessee, June 13, 1997$500,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 13 to 15, 1997$54,000 · F1 · 28 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1997$170,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 1997$137,000 · 1 in hail · 9 events
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1997$200,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, June 13 to 14, 1997$33,000 · 60 kt wind · 37 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 13, 1997$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 22 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, June 13, 1997$82,000 · F0 · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, June 13, 1997$91,000 · F0 · 4 events

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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: 5604773.