Lightning, Winnebago
- When
- June 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County, Oshkosh
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.069, -88.645 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 15, 1997
Lightning struck a large tree in Oshkosh, sending a branch through a second-story window of a house. Another branch crushed a portion of a metal fence on the property.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
Lightning struck a large tree in Oshkosh, sending a branch through a second-story window of a house. Another branch crushed a portion of a metal fence on the property. Power failures were also reported in the area.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 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
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- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 15, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, June 15, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 15, 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: 5603569.