Lightning, North Central
- When
- September 23, 2:00 PM AST to 2:05 PM AST
- Where
- North Central County, Dorado
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 23, 2000
Lightning struck a person causing his death while he was working outdoors feeding shrimps in a shrimp farm.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 SJU wrote it up.
Lightning struck a person causing his death while he was working outdoors feeding shrimps in a shrimp farm.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, North Central | 2000-09-23 | 21 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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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- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 23, 2000
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- Hail in Oklahoma, September 23, 2000
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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: 5157554.