[STORMREPORTS] NWS Met Injured by Lightning
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"June 30, 2005
A bolt from the blue that struck the National Weather Service office north
The incident proved that lightning can indeed strike twice.
It was the second time in three years the weather service office has been
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"It felt like a physical force, kind of intense, and seemed to be focused
Johnson took the rest of the day off.
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"Lightning does hit twice, and we definitely are not immune to it," said
The strike disabled computers used in forecasts. The forecast crew was
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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Jul 02 2005 - 09:59:29 EDT
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050630/NEWS08/506300384/1001>
Meteorologist Jeff Johnson was in the middle of the forecast Wednesday
when he got a shock from the very storm he was trying to warn us about.
of Des Moines about 10:30 a.m. knocked out equipment and sent Johnson to
the hospital.
hit. It was the first time anyone got hurt.
on one side of me," he said. "It was a ball of light, and I started
feeling weird after that. In lightning safety, we tell people not to be by
a window. There had been a couple rumbles of thunder - then bam! out of
the blue."
Brenda Brock, the meteorologist in charge of the weather service
office. "We feel like it was a direct hit, but the fire department
determined it probably hit the ground and might have followed a cable to
the building. There were no signs of it hitting the rooftop or anything.
able to acquire replacement parts and get the Doppler radar working later
in the day.
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