Lightning, Archuleta
- When
- July 7, 12:45 PM MST
- Where
- Archuleta County, 4 mi WSW of Chromo
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 7, 2000
A man was struck by lightning while fishing along the shores of the Navajo River. The man lived, although he suffered significant burns as the lightning entered through his right hand and exited in out of the lower part of his body.
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 man was struck by lightning while fishing along the shores of the Navajo River. The man lived, although he suffered significant burns as the lightning entered through his right hand and exited in out of the lower part of his body.
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 228 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 7 to 8, 2000
- Heat in Texas, July 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 7, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Wisconsin, July 7 to 8, 2000
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 7, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 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: 5155236.