Lightning, Grainger
- When
- January 18, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grainger County, 3 mi SE of Rutledge
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.276, -83.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Tennessee, January 18, 1999
A lightning strike on the home of George Russell on Lakeshore Road caused major damage. Bricks were knocked off the exterior of the house, collapsing a retaining wall and blowing electrical outlets out of the walls inside.
Where it happened
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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 MRX wrote it up.
A lightning strike on the home of George Russell on Lakeshore Road caused major damage. Bricks were knocked off the exterior of the house, collapsing a retaining wall and blowing electrical outlets out of the walls inside. Mr. Russell was shaken, but not injured.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:02 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
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Waterspout in Maryland, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Hail in Alabama, January 18, 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: 5679747.