Lightning, Davis
- When
- May 20, 6:00 PM MST to 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Davis County, Bountiful
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.991, -112.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Utah, May 20, 1997
Lightning sparked a house fire in northwest Bountiful. Another newer home in the area also received damage from lightning on this evening.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 SLC wrote it up.
Lightning sparked a house fire in northwest Bountiful. Another newer home in the area also received damage from lightning on this evening. A power outage occurred in the area. There were no injuries but the home that caught fire experienced extensive damage.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 20, 1997
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: 5622794.