Lightning, Deschutes
- When
- August 5, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes County, Bend
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.915, -121.228 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 5, 1999
Lightning from persistent afternoon thunderstorms east of the mountains in central Oregon over the last several days have started over 100 fires, according to the fire information officer at the Central Oregon Dispatch Center. Just within the last day, 1700 lightning strikes were reported in Central Oregon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 PDT wrote it up.
Lightning from persistent afternoon thunderstorms east of the mountains in central Oregon over the last several days have started over 100 fires, according to the fire information officer at the Central Oregon Dispatch Center. Just within the last day, 1700 lightning strikes were reported in Central Oregon. Vegetation at lower elevations east of the Cascades have become the driest as they have ever been over the last 10 years. Two of the largest of the lightning caused fires are a 2000 acre fire 40 miles east of Lakeview and a 800 acre fire along the drainage basin of the John Day River southeast of Dayville.
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
- Tornado in Colorado, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Washington, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 5, 1999
- Waterspouts in Pennsylvania, August 5 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, 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: 5713497.