Lightning in Cook County, Minnesota

Lightning September 8, 2025 · Cook County, Minnesota

$20K

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 near the Gunflint Trail and Soderberg Lane damaged about 2,000 feet of underground fiber optic cable causing a loss of phone and internet service to customers from that point to the end of the Gunflint Trail. Service was restored after about 14 hours.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed north of the Iron Range into the Minnesota Arrowhead during the afternoon of the 8th. Aside from some small hail and a lightning strike damaging some fiber optic lines, the storms remained below severe limits.

Began near Marais (48.0731, -90.5677).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1293115. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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