Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 29, 2002

Name: Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 29, 2002
Start: 2002-08-29T06:45
End: 2002-08-29T06:45
Location: Arizona

August 29, 2002 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 5:00 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 5:00 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED SYNOPSIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
500 AM MST THU AUG 29 2002

.SYNOPSIS...A DRIER AIR MASS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA
TODAY FOR GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE FROM ABOUT WINSLOW EASTWARD. FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND
AND INTO NEXT WEEK...MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY CREEP BACK ACROSS NORTHERN
ARIZONA. AS A RESULT...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
RETURN TO AREAS FROM PRESCOTT AND FLAGSTAFF EASTWARD BY SUNDAY.
ELSEWHERE...IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL TURN
THE FLOW MORE WESTERLY TODAY ACROSS THE WRN TWO THIRDS OF THE
FORECAST AREA.  WITH THE WESTERLY FLOW...THERE WILL BE A DRYING
TREND WEST OF A WINSLOW TO WINDOW ROCK LINE WITH NO STORMS EXPECTED.
EAST OF THIS LINE...LOOKS LIKE ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS FOR A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION.   THE UPPER DYNAMICS FROM YESTERDAYS
TROUGH HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. IT WILL ALSO BE A BIT MORE
STABLE TODAY WITH LESS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SLIGHT WARMING ALOFT.
THEREFORE...EXPECT STORMS TODAY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS TO BE WEAKER
THAN YESTERDAY.  BY SATURDAY...THE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN
LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ALLOWING THE HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH OF NEW
MEXICO TO DRIFT NORTHWARD.  EXPECT AN INCREASE IN LOW AND MID LEVEL
MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST 1/2 OF THE CWA SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN POPS.  THE AVN MODEL ALSO
SHOWS SOME UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF
THE HIGH INTO THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND.  THIS MAY ENHANCE
CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH HELPING TO SEND MOIST OUTFLOWS INTO THE CWA.
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE LOOK TO REMAIN DRY AS SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW DOMINATES.

FOR THE EXTENDED...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN WITH
MOISTURE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE SE HALF OF THE CWA.  THUS WILL
CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF STORMS OVER THAT AREA.  CONTINUED DRY OVER
THE NORTHWEST AS YET ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES BY TO THE NORTH WITH AN
INCREASE IN DRY NWLY FLOW.  JOHNDROW.

.FGZ...NONE.

.CODED TEMPERATURES/POPS FOR SELECTED CITIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA

CITY             TEMPERATURES HI/LO           PROBABILITY OF PRECIP
                 TDY TON   SAT     SUN        TDY TON   SAT   SUN
FLAGSTAFF        079/045 078/047 078/048      000 000 010 000 020 010
WINSLOW          090/057 090/058 088/059      020 000 020 010 020 010
PRESCOTT         088/058 088/057 087/058      000 000 000 000 020 010
PAGE             091/067 091/066 090/067      000 000 000 000 000 000
WINDOW ROCK      080/045 080/049 079/050      020 010 020 020 030 020
CANYON DE CHELLY 086/053 086/057 085/058      000 000 000 000 020 010
COTTONWOOD       099/066 099/065 098/066      000 000 000 000 020 010
GRAND CANYON     080/037 079/039 079/048      000 000 000 000 000 000
GREER            074/042 073/044 073/045      030 020 030 020 040 020
HEBER            084/047 083/049 083/050      020 000 020 010 030 020
JACOB LAKE       077/045 076/047 076/048      000 000 000 000 000 000
NAVAJO N.M.      080/050 080/054 079/055      000 000 000 000 020 010
PAYSON           092/059 092/058 091/059      020 000 020 000 030 020
SEDONA           096/064 096/063 095/064      000 000 000 000 020 010
SELIGMAN         091/051 091/050 090/051      000 000 000 000 010 010
SHOW LOW         084/053 083/055 083/056      030 020 030 020 030 020
ST. JOHNS        085/052 085/053 083/054      020 000 020 000 040 020
WUPATKI N.M.     092/058 092/059 090/060      000 000 000 000 020 010

The radar

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Gila

When: August 29, 6:45 AM MST
Where: Gila County, Globe
Reported by: UNKNOWN
Coordinates: 33.800, -110.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck several homes in Globe. One of the homes caught fire.

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, August 2002

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: 5317780.