Colorado, 2000Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 22, 2000
August 22, 2000 · NWS BOU · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Lightning, Douglas
- When
- August 22, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Douglas County, 6 mi N of Sedalia
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -104.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning sparked a blaze which gutted a 10-unit apartment building in Highlands Ranch. Twenty-eight people were left homeless.
Hail, Elbert
- When
- August 22, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, 7 mi SE of Matheson
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -103.883
Hail, Elbert
- When
- August 22, 4:47 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, 6 mi SSE of Matheson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.083, -103.933
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Missouri, August 22 to 31, 20001 death · 12 events
- Heat in Mississippi, August 22, 20001 death · 1 event
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2000$501,000 · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 22, 2000$510,000 · 70 kt wind · 11 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, August 22, 2000$142,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 22, 2000$200,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 2000$145,000 · 68 kt wind · 4 events
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 22, 20007 injured · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, August 22, 2000$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in California, August 22, 2000$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 22, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
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: 5169863, 5169864, 5169865.