Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
El Paso
Event narrative (NOAA)
18 year old male was killed by initial lightning strike of a developing thunderstorm as he was standing in a boulder field very near the top of Pikes Peak.
Other notable lightning events in Colorado
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.