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A Portland resident jumped in shock on June 26 when she captured a lightning bolt hitting a tree outside her home as thunderstorms rolled through the area.

The National Weather Service warned at 6.20 pm that strong thunderstorms moving north through the Portland-Vancouver area would bring "lightning, downpours, small hail and gusty winds in excess of 40 mph."

Becca Shelley said she was filming the storm from a doorway in the Gresham neighborhood of the city at 6.40 pm when the lightning struck the tree.


Credit: Becca Shelley via Storyful