1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A Yuma firefighter was struck by lightning as he was fighting a lightning-caused fire in a palm tree. The tree was struck by a bolt and the current ran down the water stream and shocked him. He was thrown back about 10 feet into a wall by the bolt.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, October 2000
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: 5158522.