Lightning in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Lightning May 22, 2008 · Pulaski County, Arkansas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 17 year-old male was stuck and killed by lightning while standing under a large pine tree in the 1800 block of South Jackson Street (about 3 miles west-southwest of downtown Little Rock). Males 13 and 14 years old were injured. The lightning strike occurred just as the storm was moving into the area. Lightning detection equipment showed very few cloud-to-ground strikes with this particular storm.
The wider storm
A warm front advancing from Louisiana into Arkansas triggered thunderstorms in central and southern Arkansas on the afternoon and evening of the 22nd.
Began near Pulaski (34.7349, -92.3300).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 92771. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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