Lightning, Merrimack
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Merrimack County, Pittsfield
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.298, -71.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, June 30, 2000
A single family home burned to the ground after lightning ignited a fire in the one and a half-story home. The lightning struck a nearby tree, which ignited a shed, which, in turn, ignited the home.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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.
A single family home burned to the ground after lightning ignited a fire in the one and a half-story home. The lightning struck a nearby tree, which ignited a shed, which, in turn, ignited the home. Several pets died in the blaze.
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
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 30, 2000
- Hail in Maine, June 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 30, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 30, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, June 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 30, 2000
- Hail in Vermont, June 30, 2000
- Hail in Vermont, June 30, 2000
- Flood in Illinois, June 30, 2000
- Flood in Missouri, June 30, 2000
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, June 30, 2000
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, 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: 5150970.