Lightning, Logan
- When
- August 12, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, Guthrie
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.919, -97.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 12, 1998
Lightning struck a fuse box in Guthrie in Logan County causing one power outage. Lightning also struck a power pole on the east side of Guthrie near SH 105 causing another power outage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $41,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 OUN wrote it up.
Lightning struck a fuse box in Guthrie in Logan County causing one power outage. Lightning also struck a power pole on the east side of Guthrie near SH 105 causing another power outage. Lightning struck a house about one-quarter of a mile south of SH 9 in Seminole in Seminole County causing a fire that resulted in major structural damage to the house. Lastly, lightning struck the steeple of First Baptist Church in Yuba in Bryan County starting a fire that damaged the foyer.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.
Event by event
3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Seminole
- When
- August 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seminole County, Seminole
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Bryan
- When
- August 12, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County, Yuba
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.962, -96.260 (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 Florida, August 12, 1998
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 12 to 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, August 12, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 12, 1998
- Hail in North Dakota, August 12, 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: 5672710, 5672711, 5672709.