Lightning in Onondaga County, New York
Lightning August 27, 2004 · Onondaga County, New York
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Death
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 12-year-old boy was killed by lightning. His mother and a neighbor took shelter from a thunderstorm under a tree in Assumption Cemetery. Both the boy and his mother had bicycles with them. The neighbor was in a wheelchair. The mother and neighbor felt the lightning but were not injured. Lightning also took out power to 1,000 customers in nearby DeWitt.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5421206. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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