Lightning, Rockingham
- When
- July 22, 10:57 AM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Exeter
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 22, 1999
Lightning struck a tree in Exeter just before midnight and ignited a fire which destroyed a nearby 14x24 ft 1 and 1/2 story barn and its contents. The lightning also travelled 50 feet through a wire in the ground to a nearby house where the surge burned wires and caused smoke in the residence.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
Lightning struck a tree in Exeter just before midnight and ignited a fire which destroyed a nearby 14x24 ft 1 and 1/2 story barn and its contents. The lightning also travelled 50 feet through a wire in the ground to a nearby house where the surge burned wires and caused smoke in the residence.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:56 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
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 22 to 23, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 22, 1999
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5715869.