Lightning, St. Johns
- When
- July 29, 9:22 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, Fruit Cove
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
House struck.
Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 2002
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 6:50 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:50 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 800 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION FIRING OFF OF COLLISIONS OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. WILL UPDATE ZONES WHEN THE CONVECTION TAPERS OFF. NO CHANGES TO MARINE. .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. SANDRIK
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:21 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
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 29, 2002
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 2002
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 29, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, July 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5307042.