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Lorton Rainfall June 18 - 24. It's Lightning Safety Week!

Daily rainfall totals for previous 24 hours measured at 6am from my rain gauge in Lorton.

Sunday was the first day of the National Weather Service’s 12th Lightning Safety Awareness Week, June 24-30, 2012. Since the campaign began, the average number of lightning deaths in the U.S. has decreased from 73 to 54. That’s great progress, but lightning continues to be one of the top three storm-related killers in the United States. Learn how to be a force of nature this week at www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov

Here in Lorton, it was another fairly dry week.  Less than a tenth of an inch of rain fell - where we normally receive ¾”.  

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Date Precip Month 06/18/2012 0.02” Tue 06/19/2012 0.03” Wed 06/20/2012 0.00” Thu 06/21/2012 0.00” Fri 06/22/2012 0.00” Sat 06/23/2012 0.03” Sun 06/24/2012 0.00” Weekly Total 0.08”

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