Kansas, 1999Lightning Strikes in Kansas, September 4 to 10, 1999
September 4 to 10, 1999 · NWS TOP · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
4 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $31,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Lightning, Douglas
- When
- September 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Baldwin
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a power line knocking out power to Baldwin City for about 10 hours.
Lightning, Ottawa
- When
- September 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Ada
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a house near Ada starting a fire which did minor damage.
Lightning, Washington
- When
- September 4, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Hanover
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -97.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a residence and did minor damage.
Lightning, Dickinson
- When
- September 10, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, Abilene
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -97.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a city dispatch center in Abilene doing about 25 thousand dollars damage.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Virginia, September 4, 19996 injured · $7.7 million · F2 · 1 event
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 4 to 5, 1999$3.0 million · 31 events
- Tornadoes and Flood in Kansas, September 4 to 27, 19991 injured · $500,000 · F0 · 52 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 4 to 26, 1999$42,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 4, 1999$17,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1999$15,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 4, 1999$14,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 4, 199961 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 4, 1999$700 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in Virginia, September 4 to 5, 19992 events
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, September 4, 19991 event
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, September 4, 19991 event
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: 5717270, 5717271, 5717272, 5717273.