Lightning — Pasco, Florida

2019-07-05 · near Drexel, Pasco, Florida

Event narrative

A fire in the attic of a house on Chessington Drive in Land O' Lakes was suspected to be caused by lightning.

Wider weather episode

Numerous thunderstorms developed mainly along sea breeze boundaries under deep tropical moisture. A lightning strike from one of these storms caused a house fire.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 828771. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.