Lightning, Ellis
- When
- April 14, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 12 mi NNW of Fargo
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.218, -99.755 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, April 14, 1999
Lightning struck 3 cattle in far northwest Ellis County killing them, and also a house in Fort Supply in Woodward County causing electrical damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4,000
- 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 OUN wrote it up.
Lightning struck 3 cattle in far northwest Ellis County killing them, and also a house in Fort Supply in Woodward County causing electrical damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Woodward
- When
- April 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Woodward County, Ft Supply
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.423, -99.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Tennessee, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, April 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14, 1999
- Flooding in Oklahoma, April 14, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, April 14, 1999
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 14, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 14, 1999
- High Wind in Kansas, April 14 to 15, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, April 14 to 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, 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: 5695350, 5695351.