Lightning, Sioux
- When
- October 4, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County, Hawarden
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.083, -96.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Iowa, October 4, 1998
Lightning struck a house and caused a fire which damaged the structure and furnishings, mainly due to smoke.
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
- $30,000
- 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 FSD wrote it up.
Lightning struck a house and caused a fire which damaged the structure and furnishings, mainly due to smoke.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 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
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 4 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 4, 1998
- Blizzard in Wyoming, October 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, October 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: 5673335.