Occurred on August 1, 2021 Swansboro, North Carolina, USAbr br : "Major storm over the ICW in Swansboro NC Sunday 812021, 6:35 pm. I walked out onto my back porch, overlooking the cove to record some of the lightning. Then HOLY HELL, lightning hit in the cove by my boat. Extremely loud. Juggled my phone, laughed like a maniac. Overall, it was pretty cool.