Lightning, Mohave
- When
- August 8, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Mohave County, Kingman
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 35.704, -113.758 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood and Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 8, 1998
Strong thunderstorms rolled through Mohave County in the vicinity of Kingman producing continuous lightning and brief heavy rain. A Skywarn spotter reported local street flooding around Kingman and water running in the washes.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- 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 VEF wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms rolled through Mohave County in the vicinity of Kingman producing continuous lightning and brief heavy rain. A Skywarn spotter reported local street flooding around Kingman and water running in the washes. Several transformers were struck by lightning resulting in loss of electricity throughout the city for a few hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Mohave
- When
- August 8, 4:35 AM MST
- Where
- Mohave County, Kingman
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.704, -113.758 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 8, 1998
- Flood in North Carolina, August 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 1998
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: 5665070, 5665071.