North Carolina, 2006Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 21, 2006
July 21, 2006 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- 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 forecasters said that day
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 8:06 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 8:06 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:58 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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- When
- July 21, 11:20 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Mill Spg
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.279, -82.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Four children and 2 adults were injured when lightning struck their tent.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in California, July 21 to 27, 200616 deaths · 27 injured · 11 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 21, 20061 death · 3 injured · $40,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 20065 injured · $13 million · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Heat in Florida, July 21, 20061 death · 1 event
- Heat in California, July 21 to 25, 20061 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 21, 20069 injured · $365,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 21, 2006$2.2 million · 80 kt wind · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 21, 2006$150,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 21, 20061 injured · $100,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 21, 2006$45,000 · 70 kt wind · 25 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 2006$91,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 2006$100,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5524349.