Lightning in Rock County, Wisconsin

Lightning June 30, 2014 · Rock County, Wisconsin

Death

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man was struck by lightning and killed when he got out of his vehicle on highway 14 to correct the windshield wiper. A line of severe thunderstorms was moving through the area at the time.

The wider storm

A large scale bow echo raced east to northeast across southern WI, causing straight line wind damage in many areas. We Energies reported a maximum power outage of 110000 homes which has not happened since 2005. The outages were due to straight line winds and lightning impacting the power lines.

Began near Downtown Janesville (42.7168, -88.9927).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 531423. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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