Lightning, Sussex
- When
- July 10, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Rehoboth Beach
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 10, 2000
A lightning strike ignited an electrical fire in a Rehoboth Beach condominium. There were no serious injuries.
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
- 0
- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A lightning strike ignited an electrical fire in a Rehoboth Beach condominium. There were no serious injuries. The time is estimated.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 10 to 11, 2000
- Heat in South Carolina, July 10, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, July 10, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, July 10 to 15, 2000
- Flood in Minnesota, July 10 to 11, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 10, 2000
- Flooding in Minnesota, July 10 to 13, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 10, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Delaware in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, July 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: 5162942.