Lightning, Morris
- When
- August 11, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Morris County, Florham Park
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 11, 2000
A bolt of lightning hit close to the municipal building in Florham Park. The subsequent power surge blew out the borough's emergency generator, the phone system, the 911 phones, electrical power and the primary communications for the police and the Department of Public Works.
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
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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.
A bolt of lightning hit close to the municipal building in Florham Park. The subsequent power surge blew out the borough's emergency generator, the phone system, the 911 phones, electrical power and the primary communications for the police and the Department of Public Works. The emergency 911 calls were routed to Madison Borough. The lightning also severed three main power cables located in front of the municipal building. Power was not restored until 11 p.m. EDT. Among the electronic equipment damaged by the lightning were the borough's fifteen signalized traffic intersections. No serious injuries were reported.
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.
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More
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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: 5172749.