HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.– A lightning strike hit a house in Southern California Tuesday, startling a mom and her two children who were standing just feet away.

Tiffanie Buckner was recording the lightning as storms were rolling in, as she and her children were about to go inside, she told Storyful.

Her 6-year-old daughter, Penelope, was standing in front of the camera the moment a large lightning bolt hit a home in the cul-de-sac behind her.

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Immediately, Penelope, Buckner and Buckner's son all screamed and ran toward the camera.

"It was different than the normal lightning we receive that just lights up the sky," Buckner told Storyful.

She said she was recording the video to show her mom and husband.

"The sound was

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