Electrifying

We were flying along yesterday afternoon passing through two major cells of a massive line of thunderstorms associated with a Cold Front that was passing through Ohio. Our route went from Akron to Charlotte. Approximately over top of Parkersburg, West Virginia, we were struck by lightning. At first, we didn't think anything had happened. Our radios were behaving, the electronics appeared normal, and we didn't have any negative indications. So we continued. Upon landing, we noticed that one static wick had been blown off.

These clouds were the leading southern edge of the storm. These are just north of Charleston, WV at FL 270. The storm featured hurricane force winds in Chicago and gusts well over 50kts in Akron when it pushed through. Horizontal rain, lightning, visibility of 3/4 nm were all also part of the frontal passage.