Lightning, Jackson
- When
- August 8, 3:52 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Cashiers
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 8, 1999
Lightning struck 3 people hiking at Whiteside Cliffs near the Macon county line and South Carolina state line, and at an elevation of 4900 feet. A teenage boy died and the two others were injured.
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
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
Lightning struck 3 people hiking at Whiteside Cliffs near the Macon county line and South Carolina state line, and at an elevation of 4900 feet. A teenage boy died and the two others were injured.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Jackson | 1999-08-08 | 15 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Tornado in New York, August 8, 1999
- Heat and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 8, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, August 8 to 11, 1999
- Hail in Montana, August 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 8, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in New Mexico, August 8, 1999
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 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: 5714156.