Lightning, Rockbridge
- When
- June 27, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rockbridge County, Kerrs Creek
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.815, -79.448 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 27, 1998
Twenty registered Angus cattle were killed after being struck by lightning in Kerrs Creek.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Twenty registered Angus cattle were killed after being struck by lightning in Kerrs Creek.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:49 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
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, June 27, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Heat in Tennessee, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 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: 5652207.