Lightning in Routt County, Colorado

Lightning June 3, 2009 · Routt County, Colorado

$30K

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 South Routt Elementary School and started the building on fire. The fire and related damage were confined to the gymnasium.

Lightning struck a school in Yampa.

Began near Yampa (40.1500, -106.9000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 180860. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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