Lightning in Denver County, Colorado
Lightning June 7, 1997 · Denver County, Colorado
1
Death
1
Injury
What the National Weather Service wrote
Two plumbers were injured, one critically, when lightning struck a pipe they were working on in a building under construction. The bolt apparently hit one man in the hand, it then passed through his chest and struck the other worker. The critically injured man died a few days later.
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5607396. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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