Lightning, Talbot
- When
- July 18, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot County, Trappe
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 18, 2003
An Air Travel Guard was struck and injured by lightning in Trappe.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 PHI wrote it up.
An Air Travel Guard was struck and injured by lightning in Trappe.
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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 1:10 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:10 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 210 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 A COLD FRONT OVER NW PA WILL DROP SE THROUGH THE FCST AREA TNGT. SHWRS/TSTMS WITH AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT CONT TO DVLP. TIMING OF THE PCPN WILL BE WITH THE FRONT AND WORDED AS THIS EVENING NORTH BUT ALL NIGHT. POPS LIKELY NORTH WHERE PCPN CONTS TO DVLP BUT CHC S DUE TO LATER FRONTAL PASSAGE AND WEAKER DYNAMICS. THEN DRY AIR TAKES OVER WITH HIGH PRES FOR THE WEEKEND. THEN IN THE LONG RANGE THERE IS THE CHC OF SHWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY AFTN/EVENING INTO MIDWEEK AS SW FLOW DVLPS ALFT WITH SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MOIST FLOW. FCSTID = 9 MPO 60 76 57 78 / 60 10 0 0 ABE 64 82 61 84 / 60 10 0 0 RDG 64 82 61 84 / 60 10 0 0 PHL 70 85 67 87 / 50 10 0 0 12N 60 79 57 81 / 60 10 0 0 SMQ 66 83 63 85 / 50 10 0 0 TTN 68 85 65 87 / 50 10 0 0 MIV 66 85 63 87 / 50 10 10 0 ACY 70 81 68 82 / 50 10 10 0 ILG 68 85 65 87 / 50 10 0 0 DOV 68 85 65 86 / 50 10 10 0 GED 68 85 65 87 / 50 20 10 0 ESN 68 85 65 87 / 50 20 10 0 .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. RNS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:15 AM EST, 12 hours 15 minutes before
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-181115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, AND NEW JERSEY EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS STRONG WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY. IOVINO
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 18, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 18 to 19, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 18 to 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 18 to 19, 2003
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 18, 2003
More
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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: 5333017.