Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 2000

Name: Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 2000
Start: 2000-07-22T16:30
End: 2000-07-22T16:30
Location: Florida

July 22, 2000 · NWS TAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $300,000
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.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Madison

When: July 22, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Madison County, 4 mi SE of Greenville
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $300,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.444, -83.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning sparked a fire which completely destroyed a mansion home two and a half miles off of State Road 221 on Sundown Creek Road. Three of the four residents escaped unharmed, but two firefighters were injured while tackling the blaze. Several county fire and volunteer fire departments responded. Reported by the Madison Enterprise Recorder.

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, 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: 5155618.