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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />• Software corruption <br />• Data loss <br />• Lost production <br />4.3.5.5. Geographic Scope of Hazard Blc <br />As mentioned, lightning is one of the oldest observed natural phenomena on earth and has been seen in <br />many different types of natural phenomena. This means lightning occurs across the world, including the <br />United States, and of course, Minnesota. Individual lightning strikes are relatively small in geographic <br />scope. However, when an area has a storm filled with lightning, or multiple storms filled with lightning, <br />you can have a large geographic area being affected all at the same time. Graphic 4.3.5C shows Flash <br />Density map from Vaisala which shows the flashes per square mile per year for the entire United States. <br />Graphic 4.3.5C <br />4.3.5.6. Chronologic Patterns <br />Lightning can happen any time of year, however it is more prominent with spring and summer months as <br />this is when most of the convective weather occurs. <br />112 <br />