Lightning, Hartford
- When
- September 9, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, South Windsor
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Connecticut, September 9, 2000
Lightning struck a utility pole at a fair in South Windsor, then traveled through the fairgrounds' electrical system, injuring twelve people.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
Lightning struck a utility pole at a fair in South Windsor, then traveled through the fairgrounds' electrical system, injuring twelve people.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Dust Storm in Montana, September 9, 2000
- Flood in Hawaii, September 9, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 9, 2000
- Flood in New York, September 9, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, September 9, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 9, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, September 9, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, September 2000
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: 5157035.