Lightning, Hamilton
- When
- July 10, 12:33 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, East Brainerd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 35.181, -85.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
A home in Mount Shadows subdivision was struck by lightning. The house caught fire and was nearly destroyed.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A home in Mount Shadows subdivision was struck by lightning. The house caught fire and was nearly destroyed.
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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 945 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 .DISCUSSION...PATCHY FOG IS LINGERING OVER THE SEQUATCHIE VALLEY IN SE TN AND ALONG PARTS OF THE CLINCH RIVER IN NE TN AND SW VA THIS MORNING OTHERWISE SKIES ARE MOSTLY SUNNY. SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT STRETCHES FROM MO EASTWARD TO OHIO NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN GA AND FL WILL STEER THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION EAST SOUTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL VA NEAR A STATIONARY FRONT THAT CURRENTLY LIES ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHEAST TO THE VA/NC STATE LINE. SW VA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO THE BOUNDARY AND SHORTWAVE. WILL SEND UPDATE TO REMOVE FOG WORDING FROM ZONES OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:45 AM EST, 7 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 545 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-111000- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 545 AM EDT (445 AM CDT) SAT JUL 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 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
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Heat in Missouri, July 10 to 13, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 2004
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, July 10 to 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 10, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, July 10 to 11, 2004
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 2004
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: 5410908.