Lightning in Fayette County, Kentucky

Lightning December 18, 2016 · Fayette County, Kentucky

$2.5M

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 fire of a horse barn at the Mercury Equine Center. Twenty-three racing horses perished and the barn was a total loss.

The wider storm

A horse barn at the Mercury Equine Center in Lexington caught fire due to a lightning strike shortly after midnight Sunday December 19. The fire resulted in the loss of 23 thoroughbred horses and a total loss for the barn. An initial estimate put the loss of the facility and racing horses at over $2 million dollars.

Began near Loradale (38.1800, -84.4000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 662872. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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