Lightning, Taylor
- When
- July 30, 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Medford
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.212, -90.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 30, 1999
A 24 year old Amish man was killed by lightning, while travelling in a horse and buggy. The horse was killed also.
Where it happened
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- 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 ARX wrote it up.
A 24 year old Amish man was killed by lightning, while travelling in a horse and buggy. The horse was killed also.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 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, Taylor | 1999-07-30 | 24 | 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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 30 to 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 30 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, July 30, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 30, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 30, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 30 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flood in Guam, July 30, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 30, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 30, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 30, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5707576.