Lightning, Barnstable
- When
- May 8, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Barnstable County, Bourne
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -70.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, May 8, 2000
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Pocasset. A golfer in Bourne was seriously injured when he was struck by lightning.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Pocasset. A golfer in Bourne was seriously injured when he was struck by lightning.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Barnstable
- When
- May 8, 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Barnstable County, Pocasset
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -70.633
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Missouri, May 8, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 8 to 9, 2000
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, May 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: 5149919, 5149918.