Lightning, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 12:13 AM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Eighmyville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in New York, June 30, 1998
Lightning caused damage to two residences in Dutchess County. At Milan, a nearly completed home was severely damaged.
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
- $90,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
Lightning caused damage to two residences in Dutchess County. At Milan, a nearly completed home was severely damaged. At Poughkeepsie, lightning sparked a fire which destroyed a roof, attic and second floor of a home.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 5:30 AM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (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.
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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: 5653952, 5653953.