SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
Location Forestville
Date
Time 2215 1420 1440 1810 1815 1944 1200 1308 1757 1830 1146 2120 2245 1910 1910 1425 1545 1600 1625 500 1915 640 1330 1830 1744 1508 1606 405 600
Fatalities
Injuries
Property Damage
7/1/2009 6/2/2010 6/2/2010 6/15/2010 6/22/2010 7/16/2010 7/17/2010 7/17/2010 7/20/2010 7/20/2010 7/27/2010 7/29/2010 7/29/2010 2/28/2011 2/28/2011 7/24/2011 5/9/2012 7/6/2012 7/6/2012 2/19/2014 4/9/2015 7/13/2015 7/28/2018 8/22/2019 7/23/2020 5/6/2022 8/10/2022 3/2/2023 4/7/2023 7/7/2023
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$5,000
Holly Springs
$1,000,000
Willow
$25,000 $50,000 $125,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $15,000 $10,000
Upchurch Upchurch Macedonia Knightdale
Wilders Grove
Leesville
Falls Apex
$5,000 $2,000
Six Forks
Holly Springs
$300,000 $5,000 $5,000 $15,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $30,000
Cary Cary Cary
Wyatt
Morrisville Upchurch
Varina
Macedonia
1
$0
Auburn
0
$25,000
Knightdale
1
1
$0
Lassiter
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$50,000 $25,000 $12,000 $25,000 $100,000 $50,000 $20,000
Raleigh Arpt
Bayleaf Fawlers
South Raleigh Arpt
Cario
Brookhaven
1744
Total
1
$2,699,000
Source: NCEI
The following are a selection of narrative descriptions recorded in NCEI for lightning events that occurred in Wake County: July 24, 1999 – A 24-year-old male was stepping from a boat to a dock when he was struck by lightning; he never regained consciousness and died the next day. July 13, 2005 – A smoldering tree which had been struck by lightning a few hours earlier fell, killing a firefighter. April 9, 2015 – A 28-year-old male was struck and killed by lightning in the parking lot of a shopping center. July 28, 2018 - A 41-year-old male was struck by lightning and was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. The victim subsequently passed away from his injuries.
March 2, 2023 - A home was reported on fire from a lightning strike along Walnut Cove Drive.
Twenty of the 27 incidents recorded by the NCEI included property damage, which was mostly recorded
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 198
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