Lightning — Rock, Wisconsin

2014-06-30 · near Downtown Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 531423. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.