Lightning in Dane County, Wisconsin

Lightning August 22, 2007 · Dane County, Wisconsin

Deaths

Injuries

$10K

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 power-pole, causing the attached power-line to fall onto a water-covered ground around a bus stop. As a result, three people were electrocuted - two of them while standing in the water waiting for a bus, and another person who got off of the bus. All three fatalities were indirectly-related to lightning since the people weren't struck by the lightning bolt. Two other people were injured and treated for shock at a hospital.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms with heavy rain and the usual lightning rolled through the Madison area, resulting in flash flooding and a lightning incident that received considerable media attention. See the Dane County Flash Flood event for related information.

Began near Downtown Madison (43.1007, -89.3780).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 57686. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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