Lightning Strike in Idaho, May 3, 1999

Name: Lightning Strike in Idaho, May 3, 1999
Start: 1999-05-03T13:40
End: 1999-05-03T13:40
Location: Idaho

May 3, 1999 · NWS BOI · 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 Boise radar (KCBX), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Ada

When: May 3, 1:40 PM MST
Where: Ada County, 4 mi N of Boise
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 43.451, -116.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

During the afternoon of May 3rd a thunderstorm over Boise sent a bolt of lightning onto the Crane Creek Country Club golf course. Three golfers were knocked down when a the lightening struck the ground near by. None of the golfers felt an electric shock but the explosion knocked them to the ground. Medical authorities summoned to the scene determined that there were no injuries to the golfers.

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Idaho in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, May 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: 5699835.