Lightning, Waushara
- When
- April 10, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County, 4 mi W of Wautoma
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, April 10, 1999
Lightning struck a tree at Camp Phillip, then traveled to a nearby outbuilding and house, causing damage to a fuse box and outlets. The channel in the ground was 3 feet wide, 18 inches deep and 100 yards long.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $78,000
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
Lightning struck a tree at Camp Phillip, then traveled to a nearby outbuilding and house, causing damage to a fuse box and outlets. The channel in the ground was 3 feet wide, 18 inches deep and 100 yards long. At about the same time, lightning caused serious damage to equipment at a cable television company.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Waushara
- When
- April 10, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County, Wautoma
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 44.113, -89.243 (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
- Cold in California, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 10 to 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 10, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Ohio, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Kentucky, April 10, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, April 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, April 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: 5692226, 5692227.