Lightning, Lewis
- When
- July 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lewis County, Lewistown
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.097, -91.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 26, 1999
Lightning damaged a primary substation, which caused a loss of power to two other substations resulting in about 2,200 people losing power. Power to the two secondary substations was restored within an hour.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Lightning damaged a primary substation, which caused a loss of power to two other substations resulting in about 2,200 people losing power. Power to the two secondary substations was restored within an hour. The lightning also damaged communications equipment at the Lewis County Rural Electric office.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 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
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 26 to 31, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, July 26 to 31, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 26, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 26, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 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: 5710091.