By: weather.com
Published: August 21,2013
Radar imagery shows the damaging storm that swept across the Tampa area Wednesday.
Garrard County Coroner Daryl Hodge told WKYT-TV that the men were killed near the community of Buckeye on Wednesday afternoon. Hodge told the Lexington Herald-Leader the men were 25-year-old Scotty Elam Jr. and 29-year-old Bobby Lee Maggard, both of Lancaster. Hodge said 10 men were hanging tobacco in separate barns. A group of men ran from one of the barns when a storm began to warn the others of the danger of lightning. Hodge said as they approached the other barn, lightning hit, killing Elam and Maggard. Before Wednesday's storm, the National Weather Service said lightning had killed 14 people in the U.S. in 2013.
Damaging Storms Strike Tampa
Lightning also left damage in the Tampa, Fla. metro Wednesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported 13 mobile homes were damaged at Holiday in Pasco County, Fla. just before 5 p.m. The NWS also reported lightning started a fire at teh North Greenwood Recreation and Aquatic Center in Clearwater just after 6 p.m. No word on any injuries.The Tampa area storms were captured over social media. See the photos in our Storify below.
Thunderstorms Leave Damage around Tampa
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The #weather gods were kinda angry in #TampaBay this evening. #lightning @ Feather Sound Corporate Center instagram.com/p/dSup_yuy7W/
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Photos: Before & after Tuesday's storms: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/23213484/2013/08/21/photos-before-after-tuesdays-storms … #flwx pic.twitter.com/BoHYFiK8ci
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There is a lot of this around right now. #lightning #thunder @ Pinellas Trail Bay Pines instagram.com/p/dSke3WEypH/
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