Lightning, Cleveland
- When
- June 3, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Shelby
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 3, 1999
Lightning caused two fires in rural Shelby. A two story house was destroyed and major damage occurred at another house.
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
- $100,000
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
Lightning caused two fires in rural Shelby. A two story house was destroyed and major damage occurred at another house.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:00 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
- Heat in Illinois, June 3 to 11, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 3, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 3 to 4, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 3, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 3, 1999
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 5703973.