Lightning in Carroll County, Virginia

Lightning July 17, 2025 · Carroll County, Virginia

$10K

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 the steeple of Shiloh Methodist Church and set it on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire quickly, but water damage was reported from the church during this effort.

The wider storm

A hot and humid air mass combined with orographical lift to produce isolated severe thunderstorms across southwest Virginia. Damaging wind gusts from these storms blew down a few trees in Bedford and Henry counties, and lightning from one of these storms struck the steeple of a church in Carroll County and set it on fire.

Began near Eona (36.7648, -80.8012).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1271067. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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