Lightning in Gogebic County, Michigan
Lightning June 17, 2006 · Gogebic County, Michigan
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 50-year old man was struck and killed by lightning while standing under a tree near Sunday Lake in Wakefield.
The wider storm
A cold frontal passage triggered severe thunderstorms over portions of the west half of Upper Michigan on the afternoon of the 17th. The severe storms either uprooted or snapped off numerous large trees or dropped large hail at selected locations in Gogebic, Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Marquette counties. In Gobebic County, a 50-year old man was struck and killed by lightning while standing under a tree near Sunday Lake in Wakefield.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5521170. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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