Lightning, Kent
- When
- November 9, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Kent County, Warwick
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.673, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, November 9, 1997
A bolt of lightning knocked a 10-foot tall concrete cross from a church and sent it crashing onto the roof 25 feet below. The roof and some of the beams were damaged.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A bolt of lightning knocked a 10-foot tall concrete cross from a church and sent it crashing onto the roof 25 feet below. The roof and some of the beams were damaged. A garage was struck by lightning in the Warwick Neck section of town. There was no report of fire.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
More
Every storm in Rhode Island in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, November 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: 5625292.