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LightningRiley, Kansas

August 11, 1999 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Riley

Event narrative (NOAA)

Eyewitnesses claimed a lightning bolt directly struck a 41 year old woman as she was on an early morning jog along a street in Manhattan. She never regained consciousness and died 16 days later at a local hospital.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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