Lightning, Lenawee
- When
- April 10, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lenawee County, Morenci
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.895, -84.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Michigan, April 10, 1999
A lightning strike in a residential area damaged electrical appliances, blew out windows, and caused tires on two nearby vehicles to explode. One car suffered extensive electrical damage.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7,000
- 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 DTX wrote it up.
A lightning strike in a residential area damaged electrical appliances, blew out windows, and caused tires on two nearby vehicles to explode. One car suffered extensive electrical damage.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:29 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
- Cold in California, April 10, 1999
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- Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Ohio, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Kentucky, April 10, 1999
More
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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: 5692844.