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Lightning — George, Mississippi
August 19, 2002 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 31 year old female was struck and killed by lightning near Bexley. The woman was going to her automobile to roll up the windows during a thunderstorm. She had just rolled the windows up and was returning to her home when lightning struck a nearby tree. The strike ran through the root system of the tree and into puddles of water that she was standing barefoot in and killed her. She was taken to a local hospital where she was DOA. Around the same time and near the same place, lightning struck and killed a cow. A home also was struck with several electrical appliances damaged.
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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.