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To date, there have been 28 lightning fatalities in 2012 in 17 states.
Florida sadly numbers 5 deaths; New Jersey and Texas, 3
Alabama, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania, 2
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
| 1 |
3/30 |
Fri |
AL |
Greenville |
12 |
M |
Under Tree |
Playing |
Aven Brett Schofield
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| 2 |
4/11 |
Wed |
LA |
Ponchatoula |
54 |
M |
Small metal structure under tree |
Had been fishing |
Luther Clyde Baham, Sr.
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| 3 |
4/11 |
Wed |
LA |
Ponchatoula |
33 |
M |
Small metal structure under tree |
Had been fishing |
Luther Clyde Baham, Jr.
|
| 4 |
6/8 |
Fri |
FL |
Lake Okeechobee |
51 |
M |
Boat in lake |
Fishing |
Lorenzo Magdaleno
|
| 5 |
6/23 |
Sat |
VT |
Post Mills |
16 |
M |
Farm field |
Harvesting |
Connor Cook
|
| 6 |
6/30 |
Sat |
TX |
Houston |
33 |
M |
Open area |
Utility repair |
John Henry JanseVanRensburg
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| 7 |
7/3 |
Tue |
OH |
Zanesville |
60 |
M |
Under tree |
Working in Yard |
Dick Sorg
|
| 8 |
7/7 |
Sat |
NJ |
Monmouth Beach |
48 |
F |
Beach |
Family Outing |
Indira Tursanova
|
| 9 |
7/7 |
Sat |
KS |
Coffey County |
68 |
M |
Front Yard |
Family gathering |
Ronald Nicholas
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| 10 |
7/7 |
Sat |
IL |
Nashville |
51 |
M |
Outside home |
Stepping out door |
Steven J. Rybacki
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| 11 |
7/13 |
Fri |
GA |
Peachtree City |
52 |
M |
Under tree by boat ramp |
Fishing |
Burnette Hayes
|
| 12 |
7/13 |
Fri |
OK |
Ada |
61 |
M |
Driveway of home |
|
Ray Marshall
|
| 13 |
7/15 |
Sun |
TX |
Aldine |
27 |
M |
Under tree |
Soccer |
Jose Romero
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| 14 |
7/15 |
Sun |
TX |
Aldine |
26 |
M |
Under tree |
Soccer |
Angel Delgado
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| 15 |
7/16 |
Mon |
AL |
Huntsville |
40 |
M |
Driveway of Home |
|
Daniel Roets
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| 16 |
7/21 |
Sat |
UT |
Boulder Mntn |
24 |
M |
Under tree |
Fishing |
Jesse King
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| 17 |
7/23 |
Mon |
CA |
Nevada County |
71 |
M |
Near trees |
Camping |
Frank Baeta
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| 18 |
7/24 |
Tue |
PA |
Garrett |
36 |
F |
Under tree |
Picking Berries |
Mary Yoder
|
| 19 |
7/26 |
Thu |
KY |
Lexington |
67 |
F |
Outside |
Installing watering system |
Kathlyn Friend
|
| 20 |
8/5 |
Sun |
PA |
Long Pond |
41 |
M |
Parking lot |
NASCAR race |
Brian Zimmerman
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| 21 |
8/6 |
Mon |
FL |
Shell Island |
42 |
M |
Beach |
Walking to boat |
James Keith Brown
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| 22 |
8/6 |
Mon |
FL |
Shell Island |
14 |
M |
Beach |
Being carried |
Tristan Barger
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| 23 |
8/15 |
Wed |
NJ |
Long Branch |
41 |
M |
Beach |
Fishing |
Sebastian Castillo
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| 24 |
8/18 |
Sat |
MN |
Duluth |
9 |
M |
Beach |
Sailing |
Luke Voigt
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| 25 |
8/19 |
Sun |
NC |
Wilmington |
50 |
M |
Near tree |
Fishing |
Timothy Godwin
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| 26 |
9/7 |
Fri |
NJ |
Demarest |
71 |
M |
Near tree |
Watching soccer game |
Viktor Ovsyankin
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| 27 |
9/7 |
Fri |
FL |
Lakeland |
16 |
M |
Under tree |
Moving bike |
James Pinkstaff
|
| 28 |
10/3 |
Wed |
FL |
Ft. Myers |
11 |
M |
Open field |
Football practice |
Jesse Watlington
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Lightning Fatalities for 2012 by State
2012 Lightning Fatality Demographics
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State |
Gender |
Age |
Day
Of Week |
By
Month |
| AL |
2 |
M |
25 (89%) |
0-9 |
1 (4%) |
Sun |
4 (14%) |
|
12 |
11 |
10 |
09 |
08 |
07 |
06 |
Norm* |
| CA |
1 |
F |
3 (11%) |
10-19 |
5 (18%) |
Mon |
4 (14%) |
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| FL |
5 |
|
20-29 |
3 (11%) |
Tue |
2 (7%) |
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| GA |
1 |
|
30-39 |
3 (11%) |
Wed |
3 (11%) |
Mar |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| IL |
1 |
|
40-49 |
5 (18%) |
Thu |
1 (4%) |
Apr |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| KS |
1 |
|
50-59 |
5 (18%) |
Fri |
6 (21%) |
May |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
| KY |
1 |
|
60-69 |
4 (14%) |
Sat |
7 (25%) |
Jun |
3 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
| LA |
2 |
|
70-79 |
2 (7%) |
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Jul |
13 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
10 |
16 |
16 |
| MN |
1 |
|
80-89 |
0 (0%) |
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Aug |
6 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
12 |
| NC |
1 |
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Sep |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
| NJ |
3 |
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Oct |
1* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| OH |
1 |
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Nov |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| OK |
1 |
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Dec |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| PA |
2 |
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Year |
28* |
26 |
29 |
34 |
28 |
45 |
48 |
54 |
| TX |
3 |
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| UT |
1 |
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| VT |
1 |
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Percentages may not
add up to 100% due to rounding.
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* - Known Fatalities to
date |
Fatality statistics for past years Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 54 deaths per year (1982-2011) 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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