Lightning, Carroll
- When
- August 10, 2:35 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Westminster
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.563, -77.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Maryland, August 10, 1998
An area of thunderstorms, containing frequent lightning, moved through Carroll, Baltimore, Howard, and Anne Arundel Cos. A 12 year-old boy was struck by lightning while fishing at the Annapolis Naval Station marina just before 5 PM EDT.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LWX wrote it up.
An area of thunderstorms, containing frequent lightning, moved through Carroll, Baltimore, Howard, and Anne Arundel Cos. A 12 year-old boy was struck by lightning while fishing at the Annapolis Naval Station marina just before 5 PM EDT. He was given CPR for several minutes by an off-duty Navy employee, and was successfully resuscitated. Farther north, lightning started a house fire and hit two transformers in Westminster. The storm dumped 2.3 inches of rain in three hours, resulting in local ponding of water on area roads. Lightning also struck several power lines across the region, and caused power loss to over 10,000 customers in the Baltimore Gas and Electric service area. In Harford Co, downpours were blamed for several traffic accidents.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Anne Arundel
- When
- August 10, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Anne Arundel County, Annapolis
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.994, -76.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, August 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Missouri, August 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 10, 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: 5665216, 5665215.