Lightning, Fairfield
- When
- July 23, 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Bridgeport
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.326, -73.447 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Connecticut, July 23, 1998
As thunderstorms moved across the area, they produced frequent lightning along with heavy rain. Lightning struck a house on Magnolia Street in Bridgeport.
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
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
As thunderstorms moved across the area, they produced frequent lightning along with heavy rain. Lightning struck a house on Magnolia Street in Bridgeport. The extent of the damage is unknown.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:08 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 New York, July 23, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 23, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 23, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 23, 1998
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: 5657513.