Lightning, Van Buren
- When
- August 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County, Clinton
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.581, -92.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 23, 2000
Lightning struck a man near Clinton while he was standing outside in his front yard. The lightning apparently struck a tree in the yard and then hit the man, knocking his left shoe off and breaking three bones in his foot.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Lightning struck a man near Clinton while he was standing outside in his front yard. The lightning apparently struck a tree in the yard and then hit the man, knocking his left shoe off and breaking three bones in his foot.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 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
- Lightning Strike in Utah, August 23, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Washington, August 23 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 23, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, August 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Illinois, August 23 to 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 23, 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5172378.