Michigan, 2000Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000
March 8 to 9, 2000 · NWS APX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $170,000
- 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, Grand Traverse
- When
- March 8, 8:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Traverse County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -85.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning sparked a huge explosion at a Northern Michigan Oil Company. The explosion happened at KCS Oil Company in Blair Township. More than 70 fire fighters from seven fire departments rushed to the scene. Fire fighters believe the lightning bolt struck an oil tank holding more than four hundred gallons of residue oil in it. Crews evacuated nearby houses and contained the fire, thereby preventing it from spreading to other tanks.
Lightning, Mackinac
- When
- March 9, 2:00 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mackinac County, St Ignace
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 45.872, -84.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Fire fighters in Saint Ignace believe a bolt of lightning caused a fire at the Father Marquette Memorial Museum in Saint Ignace. The fire destroyed the building. The Museum honored Father Marquette, the man who founded Saint Ignace 300 years previous.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flooding in California, March 8, 20002 deaths · 4 injured · $60,000 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 200016 injured · $4.6 million · F1 · 40 events
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 20001 injured · $1.3 million · 9 events
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000$230,000 · 52 kt wind · 23 events
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000$270,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 200034 events
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000$35,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000$25,000 · 8 events
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000$30,000 · 0.75 in hail · 3 events
- Excessive Heat in New York, March 8 to 9, 200024 events
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: 5134334, 5134335.