Lightning — Roanoke (c), Virginia

2016-07-12 · near Roanoke, Roanoke (c), Virginia

Event narrative

A lightning strike caused a home to catch fire.

Wider weather episode

Strong daytime heating and weak upper level winds combined to produce spotty and slow-moving afternoon showers and thunderstorms, a few of which became strong to severe. The convection produced localized heavy rain, as well as isolated wind damage where the storms intensified to severe levels. Rain gage reports around the City of Roanoke included Mill Mtn. IFLOWS (MLMV2) 2.01', Roanoke R. at STP IFLOWS (RSTV2) 1.73' and Roanoke SG (RONV2) 1.69'.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 650971. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.