Lightning, Crook
- When
- August 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Crook County, 20 mi E of Prineville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.142, -120.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 22, 2000
Lightning started an 16,000 acre fire in the Mill Creek Wilderness area within the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville. This fire threatened the community of Mark's Creek and led to the temporary evacuation of the Mount Bachelor Academy.
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 PDT wrote it up.
Lightning started an 16,000 acre fire in the Mill Creek Wilderness area within the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville. This fire threatened the community of Mark's Creek and led to the temporary evacuation of the Mount Bachelor Academy.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 209 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:03 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
- Heat in Missouri, August 22 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, August 22, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 22, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 22, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 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: 5173902.