Lightning in Buckingham County, Virginia

Lightning July 8, 2025 · Buckingham County, Virginia

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Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck a house along the 1000 block of River Ridge Road and set it on fire. The fire caused some damage to the house before it was extinguished.

The wider storm

A cold front approaching the Appalachian Mountains combined with a hot and humid air mass to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across southwest Virginia. Damaging wind gusts from these storms blew down several trees and power lines, and lightning from one of these storms struck a house and set it on fire in Buckingham County.

Began near Johnson Station (37.6412, -78.4602).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268447. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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