Lightning, Marinette
- When
- May 31, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marinette County, 5 mi W of Pembine
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, May 31, 1999
Victim was standing just inside a garage and was leaning against the door frame. Lightning struck and travelled through the door frame until it reached the victim's forearm, which was touching the door frame.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
Victim was standing just inside a garage and was leaning against the door frame. Lightning struck and travelled through the door frame until it reached the victim's forearm, which was touching the door frame. It entered through his forearm and exited through his foot causing him to lose feeling in his legs and collapse. He was transported to a hospital where he was treated for some blistering and released.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 1999
- Tornado in Michigan, May 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 31, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 31, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5699456.