Lightning, Rockingham
- When
- May 21, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Derry
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, May 21, 2006
Lightning struck a home in Derry igniting a fire and causing extensive electrical damage to the home and to electrical appliances and electronic equipment in the home.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 a home in Derry igniting a fire and causing extensive electrical damage to the home and to electrical appliances and electronic equipment in the home.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 21, 2006
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, May 21, 2006
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 21, 2006
- Strong Wind in Maryland, May 21, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 21, 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5509459.