Lightning, Kent
- When
- April 9, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Kent County, Cheswold
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Delaware, April 9, 1999
Two houses were struck by lightning in Delaware, one in Cheswold (Kent County) and the other in Georgetown (Sussex County). The lightning strike in Georgetown ignited a fire.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PHI wrote it up.
Two houses were struck by lightning in Delaware, one in Cheswold (Kent County) and the other in Georgetown (Sussex County). The lightning strike in Georgetown ignited a fire. No injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Sussex
- When
- April 9, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Georgetown
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 9, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 9, 1999
More
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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: 5690924, 5690925.