Lightning, Bradley
- When
- June 26, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bradley County, 8 mi SE of Cleveland
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.154, -84.860 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Tennessee, June 26, 1999
A farmer working in a wooded area clearing trees. m.
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
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 farmer working in a wooded area clearing trees. He was struck around 5 p.m. but not found until later.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Bradley | 1999-06-26 | 30 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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 Texas, June 26 to 28, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 26 to 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 26 to 27, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 26 to 27, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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: 5707792.