Lightning, Morris
- When
- April 21, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Morris County, 2 mi W of Morristown
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Jersey, April 21, 2000
Lightning struck the roof of a Morris Township house and started a small attic fire before it was extinguished. Frequent lightning caused about 6,000 homes and businesses to lose power throughout northwest New Jersey.
Where it happened
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- 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 PHI wrote it up.
Lightning struck the roof of a Morris Township house and started a small attic fire before it was extinguished. Frequent lightning caused about 6,000 homes and businesses to lose power throughout northwest New Jersey.
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
- Tornado and Storm Surge in Maryland, April 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, April 21 to 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, April 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, April 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, April 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, April 21, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, April 21, 2000
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, April 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: 5144368.