Lightning in Danville (c) County, Virginia

Lightning August 5, 2022 · Danville (c) County, Virginia

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Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck a house and set it on fire along the 200 block of Mountain View Avenue. Damage values are estimated.

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance crossed the region during the peak heating of the day. The timing of these two events helped yield a generous coverage of showers and storms across the area, with a couple of storms becoming severe. Those that became severe produced damaging wind gusts. Lightning was also known to have struck a house and also a chimney.

Began near Danville (36.5814, -79.4174).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1051539. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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