Lightning, Boone
- When
- April 3, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County, Jordan
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.037, -93.932 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Iowa, April 3, 1999
Early morning thunderstorms moved through Boone County on the morning of the 3rd. Though the storms were not severe, lightning struck a tree outside of a rural Jordan house.
Where it happened
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- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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 DMX wrote it up.
Early morning thunderstorms moved through Boone County on the morning of the 3rd. Though the storms were not severe, lightning struck a tree outside of a rural Jordan house. The lightning splintered the tree and knocked out the phone, caller ID, and some electrical equipment at the home.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:56 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
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Missouri, April 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, April 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 3 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, April 3, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, April 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: 5686963.