Lightning, Providence
- When
- June 27, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Providence County, Burrillville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.871, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, June 27, 2000
Lightning struck a church steeple in Burrillville, igniting a fire that nearly destroyed the church.
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
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
Lightning struck a church steeple in Burrillville, igniting a fire that nearly destroyed the church.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 27, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Rhode Island in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, June 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: 5150340.