Lightning Hits National Weather Service Building
Strike Disables Computers, Sends Employee To Hospital
POSTED: Wednesday, June 29, 2005
UPDATED: 6:12 pm EDT June 29,
2005
A National Weather Service employee was taken to a hospital Wednesday after lightning struck the NWS bureau in Johnston, Iowa.
NWS employee Jeff Johnson took an indirect lightning hit at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday while working inside the building performing severe weather operations.Right after the lightning hit, Johnson told coworkers that he felt odd and something was wrong and he felt a tingling feeling.Johnson's family arrived and took him to the hospital as a precaution.The strike also caused problems at the NWS. Several of the bureau's computers went down and crews are working to restore them.The strike was part of a fast-moving storm that did not produce much lightning.The Johnston fire chief talked about the irony of the situation."It's like the fire station that catches fire. It always brings up the antennas when you hear something like that," said Jim Krohse, Johnston's fire chief. "Unfortunately, every building in the world is susceptible to it."This is the second time the NWS has been struck. The other strike happened last year.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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