Lightning in Yazoo County, Mississippi

Lightning April 6, 2005 · Yazoo County, Mississippi

Death

$100K

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 a home, just SW of Pickens in Yazoo county on Thomas Road. The home caught fire and burned down with the owner asleep inside. The 1 fatality was an indirect cause of the lightning strike.

Began near Vaughan (32.4500, -88.8333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

13 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Rankin County F1 Leake County F1 Smith County F1 Smith County F1 Rankin County F1 Scott County F1 Lawrence County F1 Simpson County F1 Clarke County F0 Covington County F0 Smith County F0 Madison County F0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5450680. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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