Lightning, Saline
- When
- July 10, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County, Friend
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -97.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a building and knocked out some bricks.
Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $2,000
- 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 radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:03 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
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Hail in Utah, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, July 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 1997
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: 5606385.