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Eventdex · Lightning Report

MONROE

5660326

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event_typeLightning
ncei_event_id5,660,326
episode_id2,081,818
begin_utc1998-06-01T02:17:00+00:00
end_utc1998-06-01T02:17:00+00:00
statePENNSYLVANIA
cz_typeC
cz_nameMONROE
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
damage_crops0
wfo_sourceNEWSPAPER
episode_narrativeA severe thunderstorm uprooted numerous trees and downed power lines, mainly in the northern half of Monroe County. A 14-year-old East Stroudsburg boy died from an asthma attack during the thunderstorm. Downed trees on roadways hindered the paramedics during their rescue operations. Downed trees blocked Pennsylvania State Route 447 in three separate locations. In Coolbaugh Township, the fire department responded to over 20 calls of downed trees. In Barrett Township trees were uprooted in over a dozen places and they also blocked Pennsylvania State Route 390. Numerous trees were also uprooted in Monroe Lake and throughout Middle Smithfield Township. About 8,700 homes and businesses lost power in Monroe County. All were restored by the evening of the first. One school district had to cancel classes because of the power outages on the 1st. Around 119,000 homes and businesses lost power throughout Pennsylvania Power and Light's service area in the Pocono Region. Lightning also ignited a fire that destroyed a home in the Mountaintop Estates Development. The damage estimate was not available.
year1,998

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