Lightning in Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Lightning June 9, 2008 · Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Death

$25K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning is believed to have set fire to a mobile home on Eiler Loop. A 48 year-old man in the home died in the fire. Just a few weeks previously, lightning had struck and burned out the water well on the same property, which is located on top of a hill.

The wider storm

A large cluster of thunderstorms, known as a mesoscale convective system (MCS), developed near a cold front and swept across much of Arkansas during the afternoon and evening of the 9th.

Began near Glen Rose (34.4682, -92.7664).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 95852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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