1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO GREENLAWN/OLEANDER MEMORIAL GARDENS WHERE A MAN WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HE WAS TAKEN TO NEW HANOVER REG. MED. CENTER WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. AT LEAST THREE HOUSEFIRES WERE BLAMED ON LIGHTNING IN BRUINSWICK COUNTY DURING THIS EPISODE.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 1997
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: 5612611.