Lightning — Dare, North Carolina

2019-08-23 · near Kitty Hawk, Dare, North Carolina

Event narrative

The police in Kitty Hawk, NC said that on August 23rd, 2019 around 1:50 PM LST in the 3800 block of North Virginia Dare Trail, in Kitty Hawk, a man was struck by lightning while near shore in the water, throwing a frisbee with friends. After the strike he was face down in the water, and his friends brought him in and performed CPR until a lifeguard arrived. The man was transported to a hospital and died several weeks later. His death occurred around or near September 11th, 2019 according to local news media.

Wider weather episode

A man died several weeks after being struck by lightning while swimming in the ocean. He was struck by lightning on August 23rd around 1:50 pm LST, but died several weeks later after being in a medically induced coma. He died on 9/11/2019.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 863509. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.