Lightning, Fauquier
- When
- July 8, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County, Delaplane
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Livestock killed by lightning strike
Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 8, 1999
Five Angus heifers and one bull, valued at $3000, were killed by lightning at a Delaplane field on the evening of the 8th.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
Five Angus heifers and one bull, valued at $3000, were killed by lightning at a Delaplane field on the evening of the 8th.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:08 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
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 8, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 8, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 8, 1999
- Flood in California, July 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 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: 5710355.