Lightning — St. Louis, Minnesota

2012-08-18 · near Duluth Sky Harbor Apt, St. Louis, Minnesota

Event narrative

A boy died from injuries sustained from a lightning strike that hit the water near him. Four others in his boating party were injured.

Wider weather episode

A boy died from injuries sustained from a lightning strike that hit the water near him. Four others in his boating party were injured.

The boy was part of a group that were sail boating. As the storm moved in, they boat beached the and rushed ashore. When hail began to fall, they began to return back to the boat. The lightning struck as they were heading back to the boat. The boy was in the water when the lightning stuck and was found face down. All the injured were in the water at the time of the strike.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 407002. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.