Lightning in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Lightning July 15, 2012 · Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Injuries

$250K

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 caused a four alarm fire at the Windsor at Harper's Crossing Apartment Complex in Langhorne (Middletown Township). Eight apartments were badly damaged and sixteen others had smoke and water damage. Thirty people were displaced from their apartments as the Red Cross assisted them in finding alternative shelter. Five fire fighters and a police officer were injured battling the blaze.

The wider storm

An upper air disturbance combined with a lee side trof and another hot and humid July day to trigger scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across the Lehigh Valley and southeast Pennsylvania during the afternoon and evening of the 15th.

Began near Woodbourne (40.1937, -74.8832).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 404160. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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