Lightning in Saline County, Arkansas

Lightning September 1, 2012 · Saline County, Arkansas

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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 set fire to a church building in Bryant. The building housing the youth center and the administrative offices of the church was destroyed.

The wider storm

Although the remnants of Isaac were centered over Missouri on the 1st, showers and thunderstorms spiraling in toward Isaac's center affected most of Arkansas on the 1st and into the wee hours of the 2nd. Isaac had been a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, but had weakened to a tropical depression by the time it reached Arkansas.

Began near New Summit (34.6104, -92.5141).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 399035. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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