Lightning in Lauderdale County, Alabama

At approximately 13:09 LST, lightning fatally injured a 28 year old male in the parking lot of a business at 3155 Kendall Drive in Florence.

Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms entered north Alabama during the late morning and early afternoon hours, moving east-southeast through the area. One of the thunderstorms produced a lightning strike, fatally injuring a male in north Florence in Lauderdale County. Lightning also killed 19 cattle at a farm in Ruth in Marshall County. As the thunderstorms progressed, several reports of wind damage were received, mainly south of Tennessee River in Morgan, Cullman, Marshall and DeKalb Counties. Over 13,000 were left without power in north Alabama from the thunderstorms, including over 11,000 alone in Cullman County.