Lightning, Grafton
- When
- April 12, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County, Plymouth
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, April 12, 2001
Lightning struck an apartment building and ignited a fire that damaged the building and displaced six Plymouth State College students
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Lightning struck an apartment building and ignited a fire that damaged the building and displaced six Plymouth State College students
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 12, 8:55 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 8:55 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 955 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001 FCST ON TRCK. PDS OF -RA FG WL CONT TDA...W/ 1/2+ MEAN BASIN AVG XPCTD. ISOLD TSRA MOVG ACRS SRNMST NH. THESE CELLS ARE FAST MOVG & NOT XPCTD TO RAISE QPF MUCH. TEMPS XPCTD TO SLOLY RISE INTO THE 40S. OTRW...VRY COOL/RAW DAY. MARINE...WNDS/SEAS STILL RELATIVELY LGT...BUT ON THEIR WAY UP. 60F AT PWM TOMORROW? FCSTID = 13 .GYX... ME...SCA. NH...SCA. JC
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 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
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Michigan, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in New York, April 12, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Indiana, April 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, April 12 to 18, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 12, 2001
- Flooding in Ohio, April 12 to 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 12, 2001
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, April 2001
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: 5240977.