NEW CASTLE

50611 · 39.680, -75.750

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Event typeevent_type	Lightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id	50,611
Episode IDepisode_id	8,879
Begin UTCbegin_utc	2007-07-10T20:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc	2007-07-10T20:45:00+00:00
Statestate	DELAWARE
County/zone typecz_type	C
County/zone namecz_name	NEW CASTLE
Latitudelat	39.680
Longitudelon	-75.750
End latitudeend_lat	39.580
End longitudeend_lon	-75.600
Deaths directdeaths_direct	0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect	0
Injuries directinjuries_direct	0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect	0
Damage propertydamage_property	200.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops	0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source	Newspaper
Episode narrativeepisode_narrative	A weak upper air disturbance combined with an unseasonably hot and humid air mass to trigger pulse type thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 10th in Delaware. In addition to being prolific cloud-to-ground lightning producers, a couple of thunderstorms also became severe.
Event narrativeevent_narrative	As thunderstorms moved across New Castle County, lightning caused damage to three structures. In Newark, in the Academy Hill Development, a lightning strike started a fire in the basement of one home. The home filled with smoke. It took twenty-five firefighters about forty minutes to extinguish the fire. Damage was estimated at $5,000. In New Castle, a lightning strike punched holes in an Artesian Water Tower on School Lane. It caused the tower to leak. In Delaware City, a lightning strike created a hole in the roof of a home on East Harvest Drive. The ensuing fire consumed a large portion of the roof as well as the master bedroom. Damage was estimated at $150,000.
Yearyear	2,007

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