Lightning — Salem (c), Virginia

2008-07-07 · near Salem (c), Salem (c), Virginia

Event narrative

A girl was indirectly struck by lightning at a drive-in fast food restaurant. Her shoe was blown off her foot, but she was not injured.

Wider weather episode

An uncharacteristic area of relatively cool low pressure moved southeast out of Canada into the region. Daytime heating due to sunshine combined with the relatively cooler low overhead and helped to result in a very unstable atmosphere. The result was the formation of thunderstorms with numerous reports of severe hail and damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 123319. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.