Lightning, Strafford
- When
- May 10, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Strafford County, Dover
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.297, -71.029 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, May 10, 1999
Lightning struck a tall pine tree and ignited a fire that burned several acres of woodland near the Dover/Madbury town line. The fire was discovered the afternoon of the eleventh.
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.
Lightning struck a tall pine tree and ignited a fire that burned several acres of woodland near the Dover/Madbury town line. The fire was discovered the afternoon of the eleventh. Due to remoteness of the area, firefighters had to hand carry pick axes and rakes into the area to fight the fire.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 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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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5701480.