Lightning, Pitkin
- When
- July 15, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pitkin County, 14 mi SSW of Aspen
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.217, -106.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 15, 2000
A group of four people were hiking near Conundrum Hot Springs when one of the hikers was struck by lightning. The victim's clothing was shredded and her boots were blown off.
Where it happened
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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 GJT wrote it up.
A group of four people were hiking near Conundrum Hot Springs when one of the hikers was struck by lightning. The victim's clothing was shredded and her boots were blown off. The lightning victim also was bleeding from the ears and nose and had burns on her chest and feet.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 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
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, July 15 to 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 15, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 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: 5155419.