Lightning in Yancey County, North Carolina

Lightning July 16, 2016 · Yancey County, North Carolina

Death

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Newspaper reported a motorcyclist was killed after being struck by lightning at the intersection of Highway 128 and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during the afternoon and moved slowly east some of the storms produced heavy rainfall, brief damaging winds, and intense lightning, with a fatality linked to one lightning strike at the entrance to Mount Mitchell State Park.

Began near Eskota (35.7280, -82.2840).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 651827. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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