Lightning in Collier County, Florida

Lightning June 22, 2015 · Collier County, Florida

Injury

$2.0M

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 house in the Aqualane Shores Neighborhood in Naples around 6 PM EDT. Fire-Rescue crews reported heavy smoke and fire coming out of the attic of the two-story house. It took crews close to three hours to extinguish the fire. The house sustained very heavy fire, smoke, heat and water damages with the losses estimated at close to $2 million dollars when factoring both structural and content losses. A firefighter was injured when a section of ceiling collapsed on the second floor, knocking him to the ground and causing shoulder and back injuries. He was transported to a local hospital.

The wider storm

A moist and unstable environment caused scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

Began near Naples (26.1254, -81.7950).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 589366. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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