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LightningSummit, Utah

August 14, 2003 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
Area
Summit

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 20-year-old woman was killed and her grandparents injured when they were struck by lightning while hiking to the Deadhorse lake area in the high Uintas.

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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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