Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 19, 2005

Name: Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 19, 2005
Start: 2005-07-19T16:00
End: 2005-07-19T16:00
Location: New Hampshire

July 19, 2005 · NWS GYX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Lightning struck one of the buildings of the North Conway Water Precinct and damaged the computer system.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 GYX wrote it up.

Lightning struck one of the buildings of the North Conway Water Precinct and damaged the computer system.

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 Jul 19, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 1:50 AM EST, 14 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:02 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1202 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005

MEZ009-191900-
CENTRAL SOMERSET ME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKMAN
1202 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE MOOSEHEAD LAKE
REGION THROUGH 200 PM...

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS...WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. AS THE STRONGEST STORMS PASS NEAR JACKMAN...LONG POND AND
ROCKWOOD...EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION...BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS. THIS MUCH RAIN WILL RESULT IN STREET FLOODING...AS
WELL AS SHARP RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS.

EXPECT THE STRONGEST STORMS TO AFFECT MOOSEHEAD LAKE BETWEEN ROCKWOOD
AND MOOSEHEAD THROUGH 115 PM. IF YOU ARE BOATING ON MOOSEHEAD
LAKE...BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER
AS STORMS APPROACH.

HAYES

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:21 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1221 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005

NHZ002>004-191821-
NORTHERN CARROLL NH-NORTHERN GRAFTON NH-SOUTHERN COOS NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BETHLEHEM...CONWAY...LANCASTER...
LINCOLN...LITTLETON AND WOODSVILLE
1221 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS
ACROSS THE MOUNT WASHINGTON VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON..

AT 1220 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERNMOST COOS... NORTHEAST
GRAFTON AND NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

THIS MUCH RAIN WILL RESULT IN STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE
SHARP RISES. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING OR HIKING IN THIS AREA...BE ON
THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS.

HAYES

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:06 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Carroll

When: July 19, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, Conway
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in New Hampshire in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in New Hampshire, July 2005

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5471078.