Lightning in Broadwater County, Montana

Lightning May 18, 2007 · Broadwater County, Montana

Death

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Man fishing alone in boat on southern Canyon Ferry Resevoir, on east shore across from Silos, struck and killed by lightning around 320 pm MDT.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed over the area associated with a cold front. Lightning associated with one of the storms killed a man who was in a boat fishing on Canyon Ferry Reservoir.

Began near Townsend (46.3923, -111.5200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22377. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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