Lightning, Racine
- When
- June 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, Ives Grove
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 22, 1999
Lightning struck the Racine Co. Public Works building, resulting in the damage to the lighting system, and personal computers.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 MKX wrote it up.
Lightning struck the Racine Co. Public Works building, resulting in the damage to the lighting system, and personal computers.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 22 to 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 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: 5708677.