Lightning, King
- When
- August 6, 2:00 PM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- King County, Kirkland
- Coordinates
- 47.491, -121.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Washington, August 6, 1997
Two people were struck by lightning. Only one was injured with burns on his leg.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 SEW wrote it up.
Two people were struck by lightning. Only one was injured with burns on his leg. Lightning also damaged a church furnace and split trees. Power was knocked out to about 1000 customers.
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Snohomish
- When
- August 6, 2:00 PM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Snohomish County, Arlington
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 48.046, -121.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flood in Colorado, August 6, 1997
- Tornado and Wildfire in Washington, August 6 to 26, 1997
- Wildfire in California, August 6 to 14, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, August 6 to 12, 1997
- High Surf in California, August 6 to 7, 1997
- Hail in Rhode Island, August 6, 1997
- Waterspout in Virginia, August 6, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in California, August 6, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, August 6, 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: 5611636, 5611637.