Lightning in Orange County, Vermont

Lightning June 23, 2012 · Orange County, Vermont

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 16 year old teenage farm worker was injured after being struck by lightning at the Crossroad Farm along the Fairlee/Post Mills line on June 23rd. He eventually died from his injuries on June 27th.

The wider storm

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along a secondary cold front that was moving across the Connecticut River Valley into New Hampshire during the early afternoon of June 23rd. At approximately 130 pm, lightning from a thunderstorm struck and seriously injured a 16 year old farm worker in the Post Mills/Fairlee community. Unfortunately, the teenager died from his injuries several days later.

Began near Post Mills Arpt (43.8931, -72.2494).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 379838. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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