Lightning in Kern County, California

Lightning July 18, 2015 · Kern County, California

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Autospy confirmed Bakersfield man was struck and killed by lightning. The individual was found unresponsive just before 7 PM PDT by a family member.

The wider storm

Tropical moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Dolores and a monsoonal fetch of moisture streamed into southern and central California during the time period. This brought deep moisture into the area which resulted in moderate to heavy rainfall across most of the southern San Joaquin Valley and nearly all of Kern County. Kern County estimates the cost of the emergency response and infrastructure repair throughout the Kern Operational Area to be approximately 2.7 million dollars.

Began near Greenfield (35.2596, -118.9877).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 600029. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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