Lightning in Highlands County, Florida

Lightning July 20, 2016 · Highlands County, Florida

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Desoto City (27.3989, -81.4156).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 638657. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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