Lightning in Yadkin County, North Carolina

Lightning July 9, 2023 · Yadkin County, North Carolina

$150K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A lightning strike destroyed a home on Brown Road near Hamptonville.

A frontal passage spawned a few organized storm clusters that produced severe thunderstorm wind gusts within a marginal shear and very moist airmass.

Began near Buck Shoals (36.1172, -80.8355).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1118221. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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