Home / Virginia / Roanoke (c)

Lightning in Roanoke (c) County, Virginia

Lightning July 12, 2016 · Roanoke (c) County, Virginia

Injury

$400K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A lightning strike caused a home to catch fire.

The wider storm

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'.

Began near Roanoke (37.2302, -79.9649).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 650971. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.