Puerto Rico, 2001

Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 22, 2001

September 22, 2001 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A person was killed by lightning while jogging at the old Ramey Base in Aguadilla.

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.

A person was killed by lightning while jogging at the old Ramey Base in Aguadilla.

Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Northwest

When
September 22, 5:00 PM AST to 5:05 PM AST
Where
Northwest County, Aguadilla
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
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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.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Lightning, Northwest2001-09-2258MaleOutside/Open AreasDirect

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 2001

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: 5269127.