A tragedy in the Tennessee Valley Sunday afternoon. For sure, lightning is frightening This report from Andy Kula, NWS, Huntsville:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
758 AM CDT MON JUL 26 2010
..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE….
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL UNION GROVE 34.40N 86.45W
07/25/2010 E0.25 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW ARAB 34.40N 86.53W
07/25/2010 MARSHALL AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWNED ON FREEPORT LN AND MATT MORROW RD. REPORT
RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0426 PM LIGHTNING 7 NNW GUNTERSVILLE 34.45N 86.32W
07/25/2010 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 FATAL, 4 INJ *** THREE PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
AT THE HONEYCOMB CAMPGROUND…BETWEEN 430-435 PM.
CORRECTED TIME OF LIGHTNING STRIKE BASED ON NLDN DATA.
KULA
