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BOTETOURT

447756 · 37.475, -79.853

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Event typeevent_typeLightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id447,756
Episode IDepisode_id74,001
Begin UTCbegin_utc2013-04-12T06:15:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2013-04-12T06:15:00+00:00
StatestateVIRGINIA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameBOTETOURT
Latitudelat37.475
Longitudelon-79.853
End latitudeend_lat37.475
End longitudeend_lon-79.853
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property50.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceNewspaper
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA strong, negatively tilted upper low pressure area was moving from the central U.S. toward the northeast U.S. An associated strong cold front extended down the spine of the Appalachians early in the morning. An unseasonably warm air mass resided across the region in advance of this weather system, responsible for some of the warmest temperatures since the previous early fall across the area. Afternoon temperatures Thursday afternoon soared to 90 in the Roanoke area. The very warm temperatures in advance of the strong upper dynamics supported the development of an intense line of thunderstorms or quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) which marched through southern Virginia and northern North Carolina during the early morning hours. Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a number of trees through the counties bordering North Carolina from Carroll county on the west to Pittsylvania county on the east. There was also one lightning strike causing considerable damage to a home in Botetourt county, just northeast of Roanoke.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeThe Botetourt View reported that a home in Fincastle sustained significant damage from fire and smoke as a result of a lightning strike. A portion of the attic and roof of the large two-story home on Brugh's Mill Road were badly damaged by fire from the lightning strike.
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