Lightning, Saratoga
- When
- June 28, 11:55 AM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Halfmoon
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.107, -73.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New York, June 28, 1999
Lightning from a thunderstorm on June 28, struck a home on Dewey Avenue, Halfmoon in southern Saratoga County. The lightning touched off an electrical fire which was contained to the attic of the home.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
Lightning from a thunderstorm on June 28, struck a home on Dewey Avenue, Halfmoon in southern Saratoga County. The lightning touched off an electrical fire which was contained to the attic of the home. Multiple lightning strikes resulted in downed limbs and wires and spotty power outages throughout Saratoga County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Tornado in Missouri, June 28, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kansas, June 28, 1999
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 28, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 28, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, June 28, 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: 5699629.