Lightning, Archuleta
- When
- April 7, 1:00 PM MST to 1:05 PM MST
- Where
- Archuleta County, Pagosa Spgs
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 7, 1998
A lineman in an elevated basket was repairing a street light when lightning struck nearby and sent a charge to the street light which arced over the lineman. The lineman received minor burns.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
A lineman in an elevated basket was repairing a street light when lightning struck nearby and sent a charge to the street light which arced over the lineman. The lineman received minor burns.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 27, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 12, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, April 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 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: 5637117.