Lightning in Rock Island County, Illinois

Lightning June 10, 1999 · Rock Island County, Illinois

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A man and woman fishing along the Rock River just east of the U.S. 67 bridge in Milan were struck and killed by lightning. The couple were fishing underneath a tree when the storm rolled in.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5716360. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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