Lightning in Placer County, California

Lightning May 4, 2024 · Placer County, California

$90K

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 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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Newcastle (38.8597, -121.1306).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1171041. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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