Lightning, Payne
- When
- May 9, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Payne County, 1 mi E of Stillwater
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, May 9, 2000
Thunderstorms during the early morning of the 9th resulted in lightning strikes across Oklahoma and Payne Counties. In Edmond in Oklahoma County the roof of a house on Morningstar was set ablaze by a lightning strike causing major damage to the roof and attic, while a house on Timberdale Terrace sustained a lightning strike resulting in major fire and water damage to the roof, attic and ceiling,…
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $154,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 OUN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms during the early morning of the 9th resulted in lightning strikes across Oklahoma and Payne Counties. In Edmond in Oklahoma County the roof of a house on Morningstar was set ablaze by a lightning strike causing major damage to the roof and attic, while a house on Timberdale Terrace sustained a lightning strike resulting in major fire and water damage to the roof, attic and ceiling, and in Payne Couny 1 mile east of Stillwater lightning strikes burned out 2 power pole phases causing power outages to approximately 550 residents.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Oklahoma
- When
- May 9, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Edmond
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Oklahoma
- When
- May 9, 4:44 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Edmond
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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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: 5148746, 5148744, 5148745.