Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 23, 1999

Deaths

0

Injuries

1

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 Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.

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Lightning

A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Heat in Missouri, July 23 to 31, 19996 deaths · 34 events
• Heat in Pennsylvania, July 23 to 31, 19994 deaths · 8 events
• Heat in Wisconsin, July 23 to 31, 19993 deaths · 22 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 23, 19991 death · 1 injured · $564,000 · 65 kt wind · 29 events
• Heat in Minnesota, July 23 to 25, 19991 death · 42 events
• Heat in Maryland, July 23 to 31, 199920 injured · 5 events
• Heat in South Carolina, July 23, 19991 death · 1 event
• Heat in Arkansas, July 23, 19991 death · 1 event
• Heat in Delaware, July 23 to 31, 199910 injured · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 23, 19992 injured · $83,000 · 57 kt wind · 23 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 23, 1999$117,000 · F0 · 14 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 23, 1999$65,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events

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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: 5711925.