Lightning — Highlands, Florida

2016-07-20 · near Desoto City, Highlands, Florida

Event narrative

Lightning is believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed one mobile home and damaged four others.

Wider weather episode

Widespread thunderstorms across the interior portions of the peninsula produced frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. One lightning strike was blamed for destroying a mobile home and damaging four others.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 638657. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.