NORTHAMPTON

55561 · 40.820, -75.258

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Event typeevent_type	Lightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id	55,561
Episode IDepisode_id	9,725
Begin UTCbegin_utc	2007-08-26T01:50:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc	2007-08-26T02:15:00+00:00
Statestate	PENNSYLVANIA
County/zone typecz_type	C
County/zone namecz_name	NORTHAMPTON
Latitudelat	40.820
Longitudelon	-75.258
End latitudeend_lat	40.921
End longitudeend_lon	-75.152
Deaths directdeaths_direct	0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect	0
Injuries directinjuries_direct	0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect	0
Damage propertydamage_property	1.25M
Damage cropsdamage_crops	0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source	Newspaper
Episode narrativeepisode_narrative	An area of low pressure moved across the eastern Great Lakes region during the morning of August 25th. A cold front associated with this low pressure system was located in the Ohio Valley. A hot and especially humid airmass was found ahead of this front across the Middle Atlantic region on August 25th. As the front approached, showers and thunderstorms developed and moved across the area. The actual cold front however did not clear the region until the morning of the 26th.
Event narrativeevent_narrative	Frequent cloud to ground lightning associated with a small cluster of thunderstorms rolled across Northampton County during the evening of the 25th. Lightning struck the steeple of the Great Shepard Christian Fellowship Church in Plainfield Township at 9:50 PM EDT. This resulted in a fire, which caused an estimated $250,000 in damage. In addition, lightning struck a saw mill in Upper Mount Bethel Township, sparking a fire at about 10:15 PM EDT. The saw mill was destroyed, which resulted in $1 million dollars in loss.
Yearyear	2,007

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