Lightning in Douglas County, Nebraska

Lightning July 17, 2001 · Douglas County, Nebraska

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 46 year old man was killed when lightning struck him while he was riding alone on a bike trail in central Omaha. The lightning came from a high based thunderstorm that was producing occasional cloud to ground lighting but little rainfall as it tracked east across the city.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5258705. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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