reconnecting
Listening for events…

The Dexes / Lightning Report (Storm Events) / 98710

Eventdex · Lightning Report (Storm Events)

STAFFORD

98710 · 38.480, -77.500

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_id98,710
Episode IDepisode_id16,768
Begin UTCbegin_utc2008-05-09T02:50:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2008-05-09T02:50:00+00:00
StatestateVIRGINIA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameSTAFFORD
Latitudelat38.480
Longitudelon-77.500
End latitudeend_lat38.480
End longitudeend_lon-77.500
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_narrativeA strong low pressure system crossed the Mid Atlantic during the afternoon and evening hours of May 8th. This system along with warm temperatures and high dew points triggered numerous strong to severe showers and thunderstorms across the region. Two tornadoes occurred in central Virginia. Several storms produced damaging winds that downed trees and power lines in portions of northern and central Virginia. A few locations reported flooding as storms trained over the same area through the afternoon and evening.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA newspaper reported that lightning caused a fire at a home on the 600 block of Joshua Street.
Yearyear2,008

Provenance

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

Storage: spine

STAFFORD — Lightning Report (Storm Events) — TerraPulse