Stormy Saturday Night: Lightning Hits House; Sets Off Alarms At School, Nursing Home, 2,000 Lose Power

August 8, 2010

A strong area of thunderstorms moved slowly through the North Escambia area early Saturday evening, with one resident reporting a lightning strike at their home. The storm also left over 2,000 homes and business in the dark in North Escambia.

The resident reported the lightning strike just before 7 p.m. at their home in the 800 block of North Century Boulevard in McDavid, about a mile north of Highway 164. The resident told emergency operators that they smelled smoke.

The McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill and Molino stations of Escambia Fire Rescue responded to the home. Electrical fixtures in the home’s bathroom sustained minor damage.

A short time later, a fire alarm, possible related to lightning, was reported at Byrneville Elementary School. Fire units also responded to a fire alarm at Century Care Center. No fire or damage was reported at either structure.

The storm caused power outages for almost 1,600 Gulf Power customers in Cantonment and 400 in Molino. Many of those customer were still without power as midnight approached Saturday. An unknown number Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers were also left without power by the storms.

Heavy rains were reported in many parts of the area, while other locations received little or no rain. There were no weather warnings issued.

Pictured: The local radar just before 7 p.m.

Comments

5 Responses to “Stormy Saturday Night: Lightning Hits House; Sets Off Alarms At School, Nursing Home, 2,000 Lose Power”

  1. Proud Army Parent on August 13th, 2010 12:59 pm

    We lost a TV, computor and two cordless phones. Got to love the weather we are having! I’m tempted to turn off the the whole house when I leave.

  2. zach payne on August 10th, 2010 6:21 pm

    one of my friends house got struck by lightning the whole house caught on fire no one was hurt thow

  3. instigator on August 9th, 2010 7:12 am

    we were without power 7pm to 4am. our electric gate was hit by lightning. we were lucky it wasnt our house

  4. idunno on August 8th, 2010 5:30 pm

    If it sprinkles in Molino, we loose power. Thanks alot Gulf Power Co.

  5. A pimp named Slickback on August 7th, 2010 10:26 pm

    I was out driving from Milton to Beulah during this storm, nasty fast paced cloud to ground strikes, hard driving rain…I was glad to get home.

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