Lightning, Bond
- When
- August 31, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bond County, Greenville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.887, -89.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 31, 1998
Lightning strikes knocked out telephone and radio communications at the Bond County Sheriff office and the Greenville Police Department. Communication and computer equipment was damaged or destroyed by the strikes.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
Lightning strikes knocked out telephone and radio communications at the Bond County Sheriff office and the Greenville Police Department. Communication and computer equipment was damaged or destroyed by the strikes.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:14 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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- Wildfire and Damaging Wind in California, August 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 31, 1998
- Drought in New Jersey, August 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 31, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 31, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, August 31, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, 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: 5660712.