Lightning, Jasper
- When
- May 30, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, 12 mi N of Jasper
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.744, -94.025 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Texas, May 30, 1999
A man was struck and killed by lightning near Rattlesnake Island on Lake Sam Rayburn. He was struck in the temple.
Where it happened
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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 LCH wrote it up.
A man was struck and killed by lightning near Rattlesnake Island on Lake Sam Rayburn. He was struck in the temple.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
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, Jasper | 1999-05-30 | Male | Boat | 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
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- Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 30, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 30, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 30 to 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 30, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 30 to 31, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 30, 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: 5698050.