Lightning, Garfield
- When
- July 22, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 3 mi SE of Parachute
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.599, -107.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1998
Lightning struck the swamp cooler on a house, blowing holes in the water pipe connected to the swamp cooler. The perforated water pipe resulted in extensive damage to the interior of the house.
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
- $50,000
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
Lightning struck the swamp cooler on a house, blowing holes in the water pipe connected to the swamp cooler. The perforated water pipe resulted in extensive damage to the interior of the house.
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
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 1998
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22 to 28, 1998
- Heat in North Carolina, July 22 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 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: 5662812.