California, 1999

Lightning Strike in California, August 10, 1999

August 10, 1999 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
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.

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Fresno

When
August 10, 12:10 PM PST to 5:30 PM PST
Where
Fresno County, 18 mi NE of Huntington Lake
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.758, -119.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

As reported by the general public hiking in the high Sierra Nevada, a thunder snowstorm was reported. Numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strokes along with an accumulation of 3-4" of snow during the afternoon and early evening of the 10th at the 11,500 foot elevation of the upper Fish Creek Drainage and Silver Divide area.

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.

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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: 5709104.