Lightning, Merrimack
- When
- August 4, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Merrimack County, Warner
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.298, -71.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 4, 1999
A previous lightning strike was the apparent cause of a brush fire that developed in a wooded area in the Mink Hills in the town of Warner near the Henniker town line. About 3/4 of an acre of land burned before the fire was contained.
Where it happened
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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 GYX wrote it up.
A previous lightning strike was the apparent cause of a brush fire that developed in a wooded area in the Mink Hills in the town of Warner near the Henniker town line. About 3/4 of an acre of land burned before the fire was contained.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 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 Texas, August 4, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Colorado, August 4, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 4 to 28, 1999
- Damaging Wind in California, August 4, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Washington, August 4, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 4, 1999
- Waterspouts in Florida, August 4, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 4, 1999
- Hail in Michigan, August 4, 1999
- Hail in Indiana, August 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 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: 5714489.