Lightning Casualty case studies


25 July 2000 - Pikes Peak fatality
27 July 2003 - Sangre De Cristo fatality
24 August 2003 - Park County Motorcycle fatality 
24 August 2003 - Red Cone Pass injury
19 June 2004 - 19 Golfers Injured by lightning
23 June 2005 - Pueblo East High School injury
21 June 2006 - Jefferson County motorcycle fatality
19 July 2006 - Woodland Park teen soccer fatality
19 July 2006 - Colorado Springs baseball coach injury
02 September 2007 - Gold Camp Road (west of Colorado Springs) tent fatality

3 July 2008 - Bear Basin (Custer County) fatality

24 July 2008 - CSU Fort Collins lightning fatalities

 

Summary of 9 cases studies of lightning strike casualties in Colorado (pdf document). This document includes 5 of the studies above, plus 4 additional studies. This document was presented at the 2006 AMS conference in Atlanta GA.

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