Lightning, Morrow
- When
- August 10, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Morrow County, 8 mi W of Boardman
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.419, -119.584 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 10, 2000
Lightning started a fire that burned around 20,000 acres along a 22 mile stretch of Interstate 84 between Arlington and Boardman. Dense smoke closed Interstate 84 and State Highway 74 for several hours during the late afternoon.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 PDT wrote it up.
Lightning started a fire that burned around 20,000 acres along a 22 mile stretch of Interstate 84 between Arlington and Boardman. Dense smoke closed Interstate 84 and State Highway 74 for several hours during the late afternoon. Several roadsigns and guardrails were damaged.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 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
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- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, August 10 to 11, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, August 10 to 11, 2000
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 10 to 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 10, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 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: 5173901.