In 2007 there were 45 Lightning Fatalities |
No. |
Date |
Day |
State |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
1 |
3/29 |
Thu |
IL |
Carbondale |
18 |
M |
Open field, track |
At track meet |
Corey Williams |
2 |
4/24 |
Sat |
MO |
University City |
25 |
M |
Under tree |
Standing |
Joshua Reed |
3 |
5/1 |
Tue |
TX |
Cameron |
23 |
M |
Open area at edge of pond |
Fishing, reeling in rod |
Ronald Jake Ingram |
4 |
5/2 |
Fri |
KY |
Nicholasvillle |
55 |
M |
Yard |
On riding mower |
Chuck Hibbs |
5 |
5/2 |
Tue |
TX |
Tradinghouse Creek |
28 |
F |
Parking lot |
Walking to car, had been boating |
Melissa Brinegar |
6 |
5/18 |
Wed |
MT |
Helena |
50 |
M |
In boat in water |
Fishing in reservoir |
Theodore Austin |
7 |
5/19 |
Wed |
FL |
Miramar |
24 |
M |
On roof |
Repairing roof |
Darwin Olivera |
8 |
6/8 |
Fri |
OH |
North Lima |
66 |
M |
Outside in yard |
|
David Copeland |
9 |
6/8 |
Fri |
MN |
Deer River |
30 |
M |
On dock, Bowstring Lake |
Had been boating |
Jeremy Joseph McCarty |
10 |
6/9 |
Sat |
VA |
Campbell County |
14 |
M |
Field |
Had been fishing |
Jeremy Mosebrook |
11 |
6/19 |
Tue |
PA |
York |
24 |
M |
Yard/driveway |
Running home |
Shawn Kelley |
12 |
6/21 |
Thu |
FL |
Miami/Pinecrest |
41 |
M |
Yard/near tree |
Landscaping |
David Canales |
13 |
6/23 |
Sat |
TN |
Overton County |
47 |
M |
Open field |
Lean against motorcycle |
George Wood Jr |
14 |
6/25 |
Mon |
GA |
Cummings, Forsyth County |
27 |
M |
Unfinished house |
Taking shelter |
Jose DeJesus-Cruz |
15 |
6/26 |
Tue |
FL |
Lynn Haven |
57 |
F |
Yard |
Doing yard work |
Lois Boyll |
16 |
6/27 |
Wed |
NY |
Waterford |
17 |
M |
Near water |
Standing by boat launch, had been swimming |
Brandon Jones |
17 |
6/27 |
Wed |
MI |
Detroit |
68 |
M |
Golf course |
Playing golf |
|
18 |
6/27 |
Wed |
MD |
Oxon Hill |
18 |
F |
Under tree |
Waiting for bus |
Shaneeka Cannon |
19 |
6/30 |
Sat |
GA |
Tifton |
23 |
M |
Under tree |
Taking shelter |
Pablo Figueroa |
|
7/1 |
Sun |
FL |
Jacksonville |
|
M |
Under tree |
Walking |
Cirilo Yanez |
21 |
7/8 |
Sun |
FL |
Hialeah/Miami |
40 |
M |
Outside in neighborhood |
Walking door to door selling books |
Hailu Kidane Marian |
22 |
7/9 |
Mon |
MO |
St. Louis |
25 |
M |
Near tree |
Walking |
Donald Weeks, III |
23 |
7/15 |
Fri |
AZ |
Nazalini |
21 |
M |
Open/on bridge |
Watching swollen river |
|
24 |
7/21 |
Sat |
FL |
Deerfield Beach |
36 |
M |
In water |
Scuba diving |
Stephen Wilson |
25 |
7/24 |
Tue |
FL |
Treasure Island |
16 |
M |
On beach |
Heading for cover |
Sam Santilli |
26 |
7/24 |
Tue |
TX |
Vanderpool |
50 |
M |
Under tree |
Standing, had been hiking |
William Clardy |
27 |
7/27 |
Fri |
CO |
Morrison |
24 |
M |
Open area |
Running |
Lucas Simmons |
28 |
7/30 |
Mon |
FL |
Boca Raton |
20 |
M |
Open field |
Playing soccer |
Angel Villanueva |
29 |
7/30 |
Mon |
SC |
Hilton Head |
22 |
M |
Beach |
Walking |
Michael Jurist |
30 |
8/7 |
Tue |
AL |
Monroeville |
61 |
M |
Swamp |
Logging |
Johnny Montgomery |
31 |
8/13 |
Mon |
FL |
Parkland |
24 |
M |
Open area near lake |
Trimming weeds |
Domingo Andres Francisco |
32 |
8/16 |
Thu |
KS |
Topeka |
70 |
F |
Outside apartment |
|
Viola Combs |
33 |
8/17 |
Fri |
NJ |
Howell |
45 |
F |
Outside |
Walking between car and restaurant |
Cindy Osler |
34 |
8/25 |
Sat |
ME |
Baxter State Park |
24 |
M |
Under tree |
Camping |
Evans Huber |
35 |
8/26 |
Sun |
GA |
Alpharetta |
15 |
M |
Parking lot |
Riding bicycle |
Kevin Avalar |
36 |
8/27 |
Mon |
WI |
Madison |
75 |
M |
Under tree |
Golf |
Francis Adams |
37 |
8/29 |
Wed |
TX |
Port Arthur |
25 |
M |
On barge |
Working |
Brandon Jenkins |
38 |
8/29 |
Wed |
SC |
Spartanburg |
17 |
M |
Open field |
Soccer |
Alexander Holbein |
39 |
9/2 |
Sun |
CO |
Colorado Springs |
21 |
M |
Open, tent on mountain ridge |
Camping |
John Cowan, Jr. |
40 |
9/8 |
Sat |
NJ |
West Milford |
47 |
M |
Boat |
Fishing |
Tony Gardner |
41 |
9/10 |
Mon |
FL |
Fort Myers |
53 |
M |
Open, on pier |
Fishing |
Mike McCaffery |
42 |
9/21 |
Sun |
FL |
Clewiston |
49 |
M |
Open field, vegetable farm |
Walking back to van |
Jose Manuel Perez |
43 |
9/27 |
Tue |
TX |
Longview |
53 |
M |
Near/under tree |
Outside home |
Dennis Lee Harrison |
44 |
10/7 |
Sun |
TX |
Danbury |
30 |
M |
Under tree |
Riding four-wheeler |
Joshua Keith Dyer |
45 |
10/13 |
Sat |
UT |
Uinta Mountains near Kamas |
60 |
M |
Open/In tent |
Camping with wood stove in tent |
Gary Richter |
Lightning Fatalities for 2007 by State
![map showing lightning fatalities by state, see list below](fatalities07.gif)
2007 Lightning Fatality Demographics
|
State |
Gender |
Age |
Day
Of Week |
By
Month |
FL |
11 |
Male |
40 (89%) |
0- 9 |
0 ( 0%) |
Sun |
6 (13%) |
|
2007 |
2006 |
NORMAL* |
TX |
6 |
Fem |
5 (11%) |
10-19 |
7 ( 16%) |
Mon |
7 (16%) |
Jan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
GA |
3 |
|
20-29 |
16 (36%) |
Tue |
8 (18%) |
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CO |
2 |
|
30-39 |
3 ( 7%) |
Wed |
7 (16%) |
Mar |
1 |
0 |
1 |
MO |
2 |
|
40-49 |
6 (13%) |
Thu |
3 (7%) |
Apr |
1 |
3 |
2 |
NJ |
2 |
|
50-59 |
6 (13%) |
Fri |
6 (13%) |
May |
5 |
5 |
7 |
SC |
2 |
|
60-69 |
4 (9%) |
Sat |
8 (18%) |
Jun |
12 |
10 |
14 |
AL |
1 |
|
70-79 |
2 (4%) |
|
|
Jul |
10 |
16 |
18 |
AZ |
1 |
|
80-89 |
0 ( 0%) |
|
|
Aug |
9 |
7 |
13 |
IL |
1 |
|
Unknown |
1 (2%) |
|
|
Sep |
5 |
4 |
6 |
KS |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Oct |
2 |
2 |
1 |
KY |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Nov |
- |
0 |
0 |
MD |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dec |
- |
0 |
0 |
ME |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
45 |
48 |
62 |
MI |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
* - Known Fatalities to date |
MN |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MT |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NY |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
OH |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PA |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TN |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
UT |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
VA |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WI |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Normal is based on 30-yr average of 62 deaths per year
(1977-2006) multiplied by the average monthly percentage of annual
deaths from 1959-1994 as documented in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS
SR-193 with Dec 1961 plane crash fatalities removed from the data.
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