Lightning in Currituck County, North Carolina

Lightning July 31, 2016 · Currituck County, North Carolina

Death

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A five year old boy was struck by lightning and killed near a vehicle at Carova Beach.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a frontal boundary produced damaging winds and a lightning death across portions of northeast North Carolina.

Began near Knotts Is (36.5300, -75.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 654192. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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