Lightning in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Lightning July 1, 2014 · Mississippi County, Arkansas

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck and killed a teenager as he was running to take cover from a storm. He was found underneath a tree in a church's parking lot.

The wider storm

A cold front moved into Northeast Arkansas during the early evening hours of July 1st, 2014. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front. Lightning from the storms struck and killed a teenager and also produced a fire that damaged a municipal airport. In addition, isolated flash flooding occurred after two storms merged together.

Began near Carrolls Corner (35.7278, -90.1784).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 532334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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