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Station Number: FL-PK-18
Station Name: Lakeland Highlands 0.3 SE
Observation Date 7/30/2015 7:00 AM
Submitted 7/30/2015 9:09 AM
Gauge Catch
0.24 in.
Notes
 29th- Max temp 92.6 deg min temp 75.6 deg. HOLY COW did we have an electrical storm earlier today here in Lakeland Highlands, FL in Polk County. We also had our first lightning related power failure in the 10 years that I have lived at this location. I call a lightning storm and electrical storm when there is a large number of very close lightning strikes. This the first electrical storm of the summer monsoon rainy season and possibly the worst in the past 10 years. I counted 43 lightning strikes where the electrical flash and thunder occurred at the same time, with the thunder sounding like cracks of a whip instead of a boom or rumble. I also counted 29 lightning strikes where the thunder occurred in less than a second from seeing the flash. And they were 100's more that had the thunder occurring only 2-3 seconds after seeing the flash. The air was heavy with the smell of ozone. Amazingly none of my big amateur radio antennas or 6 oak trees took a direct strike. The antennas have expensive lightning arrestors in their coax feed lines to keep side lightning charges from coming into my radio room. They are just outside of the window feed through panel that the antennas come through and they were buzzing and snapping continuously like a hive of bees. Unfortunately too is that I missed most of the rain which fell just to my east. I measured only 0.24" between 3:01-5:28 pm EDT. Just to my SE and E 0.84-2.06" of rain fell. I have to say that this lightning event really put the fear of God in me, so to speak. I was sure that my house was going to be struck. I haven't seen lightning like this since 2004.
Snow Information
24-hr Snowfall NA
24-hr Snowfall SWE
(Snow Water Equivalent) 		NA
24-hr Snowfall SLR
(Snow to Liquid Ratio)		 NA
Snowpack Depth NA
Snowpack SWE
(Snow Water Equivalent) 		NA
Snowpack Density NA
Duration Information
Precipitation Began 3:01 PM
Precipitation Ended 5:28 PM
Heavy Precip Began --
Heavy Precip Lasted --
Duration Time Accuracy Very Accurate
Additional Information
Flooding No
Additional Data Recorded Yes