Lightning, Albany
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM MST to 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Albany County, Centennial
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.655, -105.724 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 24, 1999
Lightning killed two hikers on Medicine Bow peak northwest of Centennial, WY, about 150 to 200feet below the summit at an altitude just over 12,000 feet.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- 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 CYS wrote it up.
Lightning killed two hikers on Medicine Bow peak northwest of Centennial, WY, about 150 to 200feet below the summit at an altitude just over 12,000 feet.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 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, Albany | 1999-07-24 | 30 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Lightning, Albany | 1999-07-24 | 40 | 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 24, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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: 5704140.