Lightning in Marathon County, Wisconsin

Lightning October 6, 2007 · Marathon County, Wisconsin

$8.3M

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 321 megawatt power plant in the Wausau area, causing damage severe enough to keep it off-line until late 2007 or early 2008. In addition to the cost of repairs to the plant, the utility company will have to pay at least an addition $30 million to purchase power to replace the amount that would have been generated by the plant while repairs are made. The plant was equipted with a state-of-the-art lightning suppression system that was operational at the time of the strike.

The wider storm

A lightning strike at a power plant in the Wausau area caused considerable damage to a power plant there.

Began near Schofield (44.8585, -89.6500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 63496. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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