Isolated thunderstorms occurred in a brisk southerly wind flow ahead of a cold front over Missouri.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms occurred in a brisk southerly wind flow ahead of a cold front over Missouri.
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:39 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house on U.S. Highway 41-A. The lightning damaged several appliances. A telephone line was shredded. The bolt exited the house on the back side, ripping pieces of vinyl siding at the exit point. The house sustained unspecified damage inside.
A lightning strike started a house fire. The lightning struck through a television antenna. The antenna connected to the back of the house had scorch marks, and there were burns in wet grass around its base. The home sustained heavy smoke and fire damage. A pet cat died. There were no injuries.
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