Lightning, Howell
- When
- June 8, 5:15 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Howell County, West Plains
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.774, -91.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 8, 1998
Two homes were struck by lightning in West Plains. One home had seven windows blown out and extensive electrical and smoke damage.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $8,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
Two homes were struck by lightning in West Plains. One home had seven windows blown out and extensive electrical and smoke damage.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 8 to 30, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 13, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 8, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, June 8, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 8 to 9, 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: 5657636.