Lightning — Currituck, North Carolina
2016-07-31 · near Knotts Is, Currituck, North Carolina
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Direct deaths
Event narrative
A five year old boy was struck by lightning and killed near a vehicle at Carova Beach.
Wider weather episode
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a frontal boundary produced damaging winds and a lightning death across portions of northeast North Carolina.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 654192. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.