Lightning, Sheboygan
- When
- August 6, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County, Sheboygan
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 6, 1998
Lighting struck a cemetery building, and ignited a fire that damaged the building.
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
- $25,000
- 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 MKX wrote it up.
Lighting struck a cemetery building, and ignited a fire that damaged the building.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:28 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 Flooding in Wisconsin, August 6 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 6, 1998
- Heat in Texas, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, August 6 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 6, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 6, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 6, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, August 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: 5664608.