Lightning, St. Louis
- When
- July 14, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Mountain Iron
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
Lightning struck the steeple of an 81-year-old wooden church, toppling the steeple and starting a fire that destroyed the building.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
Lightning struck the steeple of an 81-year-old wooden church, toppling the steeple and starting a fire that destroyed the building.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Heat and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 14, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, 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: 5657340.