Lightning Strike in Kansas, November 22, 1999

Name: Lightning Strike in Kansas, November 22, 1999
Start: 1999-11-22T13:30
End: 1999-11-22T13:30
Location: Kansas

November 22, 1999 · NWS DDC · 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: 1
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.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Ellis

When: November 22, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Ellis County, 2 mi W of Pfeifer
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An eleven year old girl was killed and a twelve year old girl was injured from a lightning bolt. The girls were in the yard behind the house near their horses, when the lightning strike occurred. The deceased was struck by the bold while the injured girl was standing within inches. CPR was unsuccessful. What makes this event even more sadening was the fact that no other lightning or thunder were reported.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Lightning, Ellis	1999-11-22	11	Female	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, November 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: 5723309.