Lightning Strike - Sarasota

Overall Summary

Stagnant trough over the area in the beginning of summer/end of spring. Thunderstorms developed along this SE/NW oriented trough around midnight ) 430UTC -456UTC with peak intensity over the Sarasota area with frequent, abundant cloud to ground lighting.

NCR - Comosite Reflectivity

Shows thunderstorm moving in form the north around midnight along the stalled trough. Storm impacted the area for a half an hour with over 400 lightning strikes recorded during the thunderstorm. The storm reached a maximum reflectivity of 61dBZ @ 440UTC.