Lightning, Wells
- When
- August 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County, Harvey
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 47.588, -99.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning started a fire which engulfed a furniture store.
Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 19, 2000
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 0
- 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.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
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
- Heat in Louisiana, August 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 19 to 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 19, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 19, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, August 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, August 19 to 20, 2000
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, August 2000
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: 5172768.