Lightning, Clark
- When
- August 8, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 8 mi NE of Alpine
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 8, 1999
An Alpine man was struck by lightning at the Brushy Creek Campground on DeGray Lake. The man was sitting in a lawn chair under a tree.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An Alpine man was struck by lightning at the Brushy Creek Campground on DeGray Lake. The man was sitting in a lawn chair under a tree.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Clark | 1999-08-08 | 33 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
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
- Tornado in New York, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 8, 1999
- Heat and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, August 8 to 11, 1999
- Hail in Montana, August 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 8, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in New Mexico, August 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 1999
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: 5714533.