Lightning, Howard
- When
- August 26, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County, 1 mi E of Boelus
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 26, 1999
Lightning struck a large metal building on a farm east of town. The resulting fire destroyed the barn and all of its contents.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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 GID wrote it up.
Lightning struck a large metal building on a farm east of town. The resulting fire destroyed the barn and all of its contents. Among other things, the barn contained two campers, two motorcycles and a large assortment of farm equipment.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:17 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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Maryland, August 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26 to 27, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, August 26, 1999
- Strong Wind in California, August 26, 1999
- Flood and Waterspout in Ohio, August 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, August 26 to 27, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, August 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 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: 5713893.