Lightning, Palm Beach
- When
- July 8, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, North Palm Beach
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, July 8, 2000
A lightning-initiated fire badly damaged a $5 million house in Lost Tree Village.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $2.5 million
- 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 MFL wrote it up.
A lightning-initiated fire badly damaged a $5 million house in Lost Tree Village.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 8, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 8, 2000
- Heat in Arkansas, July 8, 2000
- Tornado and Flooding in Minnesota, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 8, 2000
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: 5152710.