Lightning — Danville (c), Virginia

2022-08-05 · near Danville, Danville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1051539. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.