Lightning, Morrow
- When
- August 24, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- Morrow County, 10 mi E of Heppner
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop 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 24, 2000
Lightning started a range fire that burned 40,000 acres near the intersection of Butter Creek Canyon Road and State Highway 74. Several miles of fencing were lost, along with quite a bit of winter forage for livestock.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- 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 range fire that burned 40,000 acres near the intersection of Butter Creek Canyon Road and State Highway 74. Several miles of fencing were lost, along with quite a bit of winter forage for livestock.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:00 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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- Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 24, 2000
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in California, August 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 2000
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: 5173909.