Lightning in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Lightning August 19, 2018 · Beaufort County, South Carolina

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Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Island Packet Newspaper reported a house in the Pleasant Point neighborhood was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.

The wider storm

Warm and moist conditions between a trough of low pressure inland and high pressure over the Atlantic led to a few strong/severe thunderstorms ahead of a sea breeze circulation across Southeast Georgia.

Began near (nbc)mcas Beaufort (32.4600, -80.6900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 781115. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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