Lightning, Cook
- When
- June 21, 2:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County, Palos Hgts
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.895, -87.646 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 21, 2000
As afternoon thunderstorms moved across the community, four different homes were struck by lightning and caught fire. One man was injuried when lightning struck a nearby metal pole, then exiting and striking him.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 LOT wrote it up.
As afternoon thunderstorms moved across the community, four different homes were struck by lightning and caught fire. One man was injuried when lightning struck a nearby metal pole, then exiting and striking him.
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 in Arkansas, June 21, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, June 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 21, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 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: 5153076.