Lightning, Southwest
- When
- September 26, 2:20 PM AST to 2:25 PM AST
- Where
- Southwest County, Cabo Rojo
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 26, 2001
A person was killed by lightning in Cabo Rojo. He was on the roof of a house preparing a concrete topping mixture.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 in Cabo Rojo. He was on the roof of a house preparing a concrete topping mixture. Another construction worker was affected by a side lobe.
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, Southwest | 2001-09-26 | 50 | 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
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, September 26 to 27, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, September 26, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, September 26, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, September 26, 2001
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 26, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 26, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, September 26, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, September 26, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, September 26, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, September 26, 2001
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: 5269130.