Welcome to the yearly summary section of the Colorado Lightning Resource Page. This page summarizes the previous years' lightning casualties for the State of Colorado.
Summary Year: 2007
This page was posted on 4 April, 2008. Data was from STORMDATA and other sources.
During 2007, 2 people were killed and 6 were injured by lightning in Colorado. In an average year in Colorado, 3 people are killed and 13 are injured.
For more details of these casualties, and lightning casualties going back to 1980, please visit the Colorado "Day By Day" Lightning Casualty Statistics section of the Colorado Lightning Resource Page.
Below is a summary of the lightning casualties.
22 May 2007, 1330 mst (1430 mdt), El Paso County: Lightning struck a house in northwest Colorado Springs, jolting a women who was on a computer inside the home.
02 June 2007, 1330 mst (1430 mdt), El Paso County: A construction worker in Manitou Springs was injured by a lightning flash.
27 July 2007, 1700 mst (1800 mdt), Jefferson County: A man was struck and killed by lightning, while jogging at Matthews Winter Park in Morrison.
19 August 2007, 1400 mst (1500 mdt), Lake County: A hiker was struck by lightning on the southeast face of Mt Elbert near treeline. he was treated at teh scene by a doctor, complaining of being sore.
02 September 2007, 1758 mst (1858 mdt), El Paso county: Four people seeking shelter in a tent on a ridge along Gold Camp Road in western El Paso county were struck by lightning. One fatality occurred, and 3 other people were injured. A detailed writeup of this event can be found here.
