Lightning, Grand
- When
- May 29, 8:30 AM MST
- Where
- Grand County, 12 mi S of Cisco
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.982, -109.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Utah, May 29, 1999
A man was struck by lightning in the Dewey Bridge area while sightseeing with family.
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
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
A man was struck by lightning in the Dewey Bridge area while sightseeing with family.
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, Grand | 1999-05-29 | 65 | 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
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Georgia, May 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 29, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Montana, May 29, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 29, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, May 29 to 30, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1999
- Hail in Montana, May 29, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Montana, May 29 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Utah in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, May 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: 5715452.