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Lightning — Tooele, Utah

August 23, 2000 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
4
Property damage
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Area
Tooele

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 26-year-old man and a 27-year-old man were struck and killed by lightning while fighting a fire on the north end of the Stansbury Mountains. The lightning strike also injured 4 other members of the Flame-N-Go's firefighting unit from the Utah State Prison's Lone Peak facility. The leader of the crew was not struck, but suffered from extreme shock.

Other notable lightning events in Utah

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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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