Lightning, Utah
- When
- October 3, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Utah County, Alpine
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -111.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Utah, October 3, 1998
Lightning sparked a fire and burned a barn to the ground in Alpine. A separate bolt struck the ham radio antenna of a NWS spotter in Alpine, destroying electronic equipment in his home.
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
- 1
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 SLC wrote it up.
Lightning sparked a fire and burned a barn to the ground in Alpine. A separate bolt struck the ham radio antenna of a NWS spotter in Alpine, destroying electronic equipment in his home. His neighbor was injured when the current from the bolt arced out from an outlet in her garage.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, October 3 to 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, October 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, October 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 3, 1998
- Hail in Texas, October 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, October 3 to 4, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, October 3 to 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, October 3, 1998
- Tornado in Oregon, October 3, 1998
- Tornado in Oregon, October 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, October 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: 5672178.