Lightning, Franklin
- When
- June 17, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Watalula
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -93.820
Lightning struck a house causing a fire that resulted in considerable damage.
Lightning Strike in Arkansas, June 17, 2009
Lightning struck a house causing a fire.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 TSA wrote it up.
Lightning struck a house causing a fire.
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 17, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1231 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...23
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 12:08 PM CST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
108 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN
100 AND 105 THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FRIDAY. DEPENDING UPON HOW
FAR SOUTH IT CAN GET BEFORE STALLING...THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. GIVEN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR MASS IN PLACE... THERE WOULD BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
SHOULD ANY STORMS IGNITE.
OTHERWISE...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AND
INTERMITTENTLY RAISE HEAT INDEX VALUES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS OVER
THE COMING DAYS.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Tennessee, June 17 to 28, 2009
- Excessive Heat in Missouri, June 17 to 27, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 17, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, June 17 to 27, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 17, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 17 to 18, 2009
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2009
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: 185668.