Lightning in Lowndes County, Mississippi

Lightning July 15, 2006 · Lowndes County, Mississippi

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck a man while going outside to lower the windows on some vehicles. Lightning struck a pecan tree and then traveled to a clothes line where the man was walking underneath. The man was in a coma for a week and a half before he passed away due to injuries from the lightning strike.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5519948. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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