Lightning, Carroll
- When
- May 13, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Hillsville
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.732, -80.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Virginia, May 13, 1999
Lightning during the afternoon of the 13th struck a power substation 2 miles north of Rocky Mount, resulting in 4000 residents losing power, and struck a house in Hillsville causing a fire that gutted much of the interior.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $43,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 RNK wrote it up.
Lightning during the afternoon of the 13th struck a power substation 2 miles north of Rocky Mount, resulting in 4000 residents losing power, and struck a house in Hillsville causing a fire that gutted much of the interior.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Franklin
- When
- May 13, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, 2 mi N of Rocky Mt
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.992, -79.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 13 to 14, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 13, 1999
- Hail in South Carolina, May 13 to 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5695065, 5695064.