Overview
- Home security cameras recorded a lightning flash, sparks and smoke as Brad Robillard helped his daughter from a pickup in Southborough, with the family escaping without injury.
- The strike left burn and scorch marks on a gutter, soffit and a metal fence and caused minor property damage around the yard.
- WCVB StormTeam meteorologist A.J. Burnett reviewed the video and estimated the bolt occurred roughly six miles from the area of heaviest rain, illustrating that lightning can strike far from visible storm cores.
- Robillard reported his hair stood up and he heard a deafening bang that caused ringing in his ears, a sensation experts say can precede nearby strikes.
- Forecasters warned that another round of severe thunderstorms is expected the next night concentrated south of the Mass Pike and reiterated the safety rule: when you hear thunder, go indoors.