Lightning, Belknap
- When
- July 29, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Belknap County, Gilford
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 29, 2000
Three people were struck by lightning inside nearby homes on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. Two of the victims were transported to a local hospital.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Three people were struck by lightning inside nearby homes on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. Two of the victims were transported to a local hospital. One of the victims was standing by the sink while another was changing the channel on his television. The third victim was struck in the forehead.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 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
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 2000
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5170677.