Lightning, Archuleta
- When
- June 26, 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Archuleta County, 2 mi WNW of Pagosa Spgs
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 26, 2000
Lightning struck a house and started it on fire. Additional lightning strikes around the same time started trees on fire in the surrounding forest.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- 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.
Lightning struck a house and started it on fire. Additional lightning strikes around the same time started trees on fire in the surrounding forest.
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 228 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 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.
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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: 5154523.