Lightning, Oneida
- When
- June 30, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Oneida County, Hazelhurst
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 45.706, -89.522 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 30, 1997
A fire, caused by lightning, destroyed a small shed and an outhouse on the shores of Bear Lake in Hazelhurst.
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.
A fire, caused by lightning, destroyed a small shed and an outhouse on the shores of Bear Lake in Hazelhurst.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 174 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:44 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
- Lightning Strikes and Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, June 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 30, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 30, 1997
- High Wind in Utah, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 30, 1997
- Drought in New Jersey, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 30, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 30, 1997
- Drought in Pennsylvania, June 30, 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: 5603572.