Lightning — Placer, California

2024-05-04 · near Newcastle, Placer, California

Event narrative

A lightning strike resulted in a mobile home fire around 6:15 pm PDT on Nob Hill Drive in the Castle City Mobile Home Park. The mobile home was destroyed. There were no injuries.

Wider weather episode

A late season storm brings heavy snow to the Sierra with widespread rain and scattered thunderstorms in the Valley. Periods of heavy snow saw major roadways such as I-80, SR-20, and US-50 close with chain controls also observed. There was a lightning strike fire which destroyed a mobile home in Newcastle.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1171041. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.