Lightning — Yancey, North Carolina
2016-07-16 · near Eskota, Yancey, North Carolina
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Direct deaths
Event narrative
Newspaper reported a motorcyclist was killed after being struck by lightning at the intersection of Highway 128 and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Wider weather episode
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.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 651827. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.