Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 30, 2003

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$5,000

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 Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.

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Lightning

A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Lightning Strike in California, July 30, 20031 death · 1 event
• Wildfire in California, July 30 to 31, 2003$650,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in California, July 30, 20031 injured · $150,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Maine, July 30, 2003$100,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2003$100,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, July 30, 2003$50,000 · 1.25 in hail · 15 events
• Lightning Strike in California, July 30, 2003$75,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in California, July 30, 2003$50,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strikes in Arkansas, July 30, 2003$40,000 · 2 events
• Flash Flood in Louisiana, July 30, 2003$30,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in California, July 30, 2003$25,000 · 68 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arizona, July 30, 2003$20,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5372531.