Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
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Area
Rowan
Event narrative (NOAA)
A family of three including the mother, father, and infant daughter lived in a mobile home and had gone to their relatives' home to seek shelter in the basement. The family was struck by lightning outside between the car and home when the father died. The 2 month old infant received a minor head contusion and scratches after her father was struck and killed by lightning with the infant in his arms. The mother was not injured.
Other notable lightning events in Kentucky
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.