Lightning, Tillamook
- When
- January 17, 8:30 PM PST
- Where
- Tillamook County, Tillamook
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.456, -123.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oregon, January 17, 1999
Lightning stuck a house in south Tillamook county, blowing a hole in the roof and ripping off some siding. Three TVs, a computer, and a hot water heater were destroyed.
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
- $15,000
- 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 PQR wrote it up.
Lightning stuck a house in south Tillamook county, blowing a hole in the roof and ripping off some siding. Three TVs, a computer, and a hot water heater were destroyed. No one was injured.
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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- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 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: 5689607.