Lightning, Ulster
- When
- July 4, 8:14 AM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Kingston
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in New York, July 4, 1999
Lightning from a thunderstorm struck two different houses, one in Ulster and another in Kingston. The first strike, at 119 Dewitt street in Kingston ignited a fire that was contained to a storage room.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 ALY wrote it up.
Lightning from a thunderstorm struck two different houses, one in Ulster and another in Kingston. The first strike, at 119 Dewitt street in Kingston ignited a fire that was contained to a storage room. The second lightning strike hit a tree, destroying it. The flames from the tree damaged a roof at 98 Katrine Lane, in the town of Ulster. In addition, the lightning resulted in as many as 3,500 residents without power in the Mid Hudson Valley.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Ulster
- When
- July 4, 8:24 AM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Ulster Hgts
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Pennsylvania, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in New York, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in Maryland, July 4 to 7, 1999
- Heat in New Jersey, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in New Jersey, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in District of Columbia, July 4 to 7, 1999
- Heat in Virginia, July 4 to 7, 1999
- Heat in Delaware, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in Michigan, July 4 to 5, 1999
- Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, July 4 to 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Alabama, July 4, 1999
More
Every storm in New York in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5707242, 5707243.