Lightning — St. Louis (c), Missouri

2020-07-19 · near Carondelet, St. Louis (c), Missouri

Event narrative

As storms were moving through the region, four men were struck by lightning while at Marquette Park in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis. A witness said that the lightning bolt struck one man directly and the others were impacted by the force. Two were able to begin performing CPR on the one who was directly hit. All four were rushed to area hospitals with one person being in critical condition. The man in critical condition died 11 days later on July 30th. He was 28 years old.

Wider weather episode

A strong cold front moved into the region and stalled out along the I-70 corridor. Numerous showers and storms developed along the boundary. Some of the storms became severe with reports of damaging winds and large hail. Also, a couple of the storms dropped very heavy rainfall causing flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 914929. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.