Lightning, Jasper
- When
- May 4, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Carthage
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.204, -94.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Missouri, May 4, 1999
A worker was struck by lightning while she was working inside a hotel/motel. The lightning apparently entered through a window.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A worker was struck by lightning while she was working inside a hotel/motel. The lightning apparently entered through a window. The women was knocked off of her feet and onto a bed. She experienced numbness in her ankles, feet, and arms but was not hurt seriously. She was admitted to a local hospital and soon released.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 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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- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 4 to 5, 1999
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- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 4, 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: 5697880.