Lightning struck the Washington Monument during intense storms Monday evening.

The storms produced damaging winds, hail and flash flooding.

A slow-moving line of thunderstorms pushed through the D.C. area Monday night with strong winds, hail, heavy rain and vivid lightning.

In a dramatic display, a lightning bolt intercepted the Washington Monument amid the curtains of rain, which I fortuitously captured while photographing the storms.

It was a wild night as the National Weather Service issued both severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings across the region starting around 9 p.m. and not concluding until after midnight.

The Weather Service received more than 50 reports of damaging winds (mostly downed trees), hail and flash flooding, mainly concentrated in two zones: 1) from near Columbia into Baltimore, where winds gusted to 57 mph near Fells Point, and 2) along Interstate 66 in Virginia into the District and then close to Route 50 in Maryland.

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