Lightning, Brown
- When
- July 10, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Hiawatha
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 10, 1998
A lightning strike left a large hole in the metal antenna of a radio station broadcast tower.
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 TOP wrote it up.
A lightning strike left a large hole in the metal antenna of a radio station broadcast tower.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:50 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
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Utah, July 10, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 10, 1998
- Wildfire in Florida, July 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, July 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Mississippi, July 10, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 10, 1998
- Tornado in Idaho, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, 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: 5656388.