Lightning in Denali, Alaska

Lightning June 24, 2015 – June 25, 2015 · Denali, Alaska

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

The wider storm

A thermal trough helped produce numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 24th. Lightning from one of these thunderstorms struck a residence in Healy, Alaska. The lightning entered a phone box on the side of the house and traveled through the wires of the house and then exited through the rain gutter. The phone box and gutter were both destroyed as well as some inside appliances. Damage amount is a rough guess based only on the news article description.

Began near Healy (63.8799, -149.0141).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 592044. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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