reconnecting
Listening for events…

The Dexes / Lightning Report (Storm Events) / 241401

Eventdex · Lightning Report (Storm Events)

BUCKS

241401 · 40.145, -74.875

drawing…

The record

Everything the slot carries, as measured. Series arrays are drawn above and listed here in full.

Event typeevent_typeLightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id241,401
Episode IDepisode_id39,183
Begin UTCbegin_utc2010-06-24T19:30:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2010-06-24T19:30:00+00:00
StatestatePENNSYLVANIA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameBUCKS
Latitudelat40.145
Longitudelon-74.875
End latitudeend_lat40.145
End longitudeend_lon-74.875
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property5.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceNewspaper
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeSevere thunderstorms caused considerable tree damage and two injuries during the afternoon of the 24th across southeastern Pennsylvania. PECO Energy reported about 215,000 customers lost power, the 11th worst outage in company history. Chester and Delaware Counties were hit the hardest. as of 1201 a.m. EDT on the 25th, 190,000 customers were without power. That number dropped to 152,000 at Noon EDT on the 25th and 75,000 at 11 p.m. EDT on the 25th. Power was not fully restored until the 28th. The utility had to replace 140 poles, 140 pole top transformers, 900 pole cross arms and twenty miles of electrical cable. Regional rail lines were affected as downed trees blocked some routes. SEPTA delayed or suspended train service south of Philadelphia. All train service was not fully restored until the evening of the 25th. Downed trees also blocked lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Chester County. Philadelphia International's 75 mph wind gust was the third highest on record.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA lightning strike created a foot wide hole in the roof of a house on Jasmine Road in Lower Southampton Township. It ignited a wire within the attic and started a fire. Six different municipal responders assisted with the fire which was contained within 20 minutes.
Yearyear2,010

Provenance

This slot's source list is not carried on the manifest row; open the dossier below.

Storage: spine

BUCKS — Lightning Report (Storm Events) — TerraPulse