Massachusetts, 2000

Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 16, 2000

August 16, 2000 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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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1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Berkshire

When
August 16, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Berkshire County, North Adams
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Early on August 16, lightning from a thunderstorm struck a house in North Adams, narrowly missing a man. Lightning produced a hole inside a bedroom and damaged a peak in the house. A small fire, started by the same lightning bolt, briefly flared up. Firemen were also deployed to the house, but the fire had been extinguished before they arrived.

What these are

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

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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: 5155390.