Lightning in Pima County, Arizona
Lightning May 28, 2005 · Pima County, Arizona
What the National Weather Service wrote
The body of a 70-year-old man was found in a Cemetery in Tucson on Sunday, May 29, 2005. The man was killed by lightning on Saturday night while visiting a gravesite at the cemetery.
The wider storm
Moisture moving into Arizona from northern Mexico helped to generate thunderstorms across portions of Southeast Arizona throughout a 5 day period towards the end of the month of May. Severe storms developed along several boundaries that moved through Southeast Arizona throughout the 5 day time frame.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5446992. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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