Lightning in Bedford County, Virginia

Lightning July 31, 2025 · Bedford 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 and set it on fire along Foster Road just north of the intersection with Quarles Road.

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, and lightning from one of these storms struck a house and set it on fire in Bedford County.

Began near Irving (37.3398, -79.6798).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1272262. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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