Lightning, Westchester
- When
- April 6, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Westchester County, New Rochelle
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New York, April 6, 1999
Lightning struck the chimney of the Mother Irene Gill Library, sending concrete and stone crashing into a hall where 20 students and faculty were studying. All 20 people escaped unhurt.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 OKX wrote it up.
Lightning struck the chimney of the Mother Irene Gill Library, sending concrete and stone crashing into a hall where 20 students and faculty were studying. All 20 people escaped unhurt.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:19 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
- Flooding in Iowa, April 6 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- Strong Wind in Michigan, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, April 6 to 15, 1999
- Flood in Minnesota, April 6 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6, 1999
More
Every storm in New York in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 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: 5700986.