Heat Wave and Severe Thunderstorms this Independence Day

A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will persist through the Independence Day weekend across the Ohio Valley, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic. Numerous temperature records are expected. Clusters of severe thunderstorms will move across parts of the Allegheny Plateau into Mid Atlantic this Independence Day, with potential for widespread damaging winds. Additional severe thunderstorms in the Great Plains. Read More >

Lightning Casualties across the United States
From Lightning Fatalities, Injuries and Damage Reports in the United States
1959-1994
By State

Alabama - 296
Alaska - NA
Arizona - 164
Arkansas - 355
California - 79
Colorado - 394
Connecticut - 88
Delaware - 42
Florida - 1523
Georgia - 410
Hawaii - NA
Idaho - 87
Illinois - 360
Indiana - 238
Iowa - 227
Kansas - 234
Kentucky - 278
Louisiana - 347
Maine - 126
Maryland - 250
Massachusetts - 355
Michigan - 732
Minnesota - 169
Mississippi - 295
Missouri - 176
Montana - 64
Nebraska - 111
Nevada - 18
New Hampshire - 76
New Jersey - 185
New Mexico - 249
New York- 577
North Carolina - 629
North Dakota - 35
Ohio- 545
Oklahoma - 331
Oregon - 26
Pennsylvania - 644
Rhode Island - 49
South Carolina - 306
South Dakota - 79
Tennessee - 473
Texas - 498
Utah - 116
Vermont - 30
Virginia - 235
Washington - 40
West Virginia - 108
Wisconsin - 241
Wyoming - 104