Florida, 2000Lightning Strike and Waterspout in Florida, July 26, 2000
July 26, 2000 · NWS EYW · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 lightning, 1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Lightning, Monroe
- When
- July 26, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a boat just west of Key West. 5 people were knocked out of the boat with one person injured with burns.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 26, 10:48 PM EST to 10:59 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Marathon
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 4 miles west of Marathon.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 26, 2000$1.3 million · F1 · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 2000$1.0 million · 65 kt wind · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2000$217,000 · 1.75 in hail · 25 events
- Wildfire in Hawaii, July 26, 2000$230,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in Idaho, July 26 to 31, 2000$170,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 26 to 27, 2000$100,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2000$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 26, 2000$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000$45,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 2000$30,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5151599, 5151600.