Lightning, Hamilton
- When
- May 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Carmel
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Coordinates
- 40.073, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck 5 Carmel area homes igniting fires.
Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 24, 1998
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $400,000
- 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.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:02 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Tornado in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 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: 5650633.