Lightning, Montrose
- When
- June 21, 4:46 PM MST
- Where
- Montrose County, 2 mi W of Olathe
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.402, -108.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 21, 1999
Lightning struck a man and his two dogs as the man was irrigating on his property. The charge entered the man's head and blew a hole in his left boot where the charge exited.
Where it happened
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The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Lightning struck a man and his two dogs as the man was irrigating on his property. The charge entered the man's head and blew a hole in his left boot where the charge exited. Both dogs were killed instantly.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 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
- Rip Current in Florida, June 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, June 21, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, June 21, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 21, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, June 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 21, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 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: 5715337.