Lightning, Harrison
- When
- May 27, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, Marshall
- Coordinates
- 32.548, -94.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning blew up an oak tree along Hwy 80 east side of Marshall.
Lightning Strike in Texas, May 27, 1998
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 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
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- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 27, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 27, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 27 to 28, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, May 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5640365.