Lightning, Kennebec
- When
- June 28, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec County, Benton
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maine, June 28, 1999
Lightning ignited a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Benton.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $25,000
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Lightning ignited a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Benton.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 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
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- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, June 28, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kansas, June 28, 1999
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 28, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 28, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, June 28, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 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: 5704081.