Lightning, Crow Wing
- When
- June 11, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County, Baxter
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.482, -94.071 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Minnesota, June 11, 1998
A lightning bolt hit a telephone box, entered a home through a wall phone, and struck a man, throwing him across the room. He was treated for burns at a local hospital and released.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 DLH wrote it up.
A lightning bolt hit a telephone box, entered a home through a wall phone, and struck a man, throwing him across the room. He was treated for burns at a local hospital and released. Lightning also struck a home across the street, destroying electrical appliances and a television satellite system.
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
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- Flood in Illinois, June 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 11, 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: 5657172.