Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$100K
Area
Yazoo
Event narrative (NOAA)
Lightning struck a home, just SW of Pickens in Yazoo county on Thomas Road. The home caught fire and burned down with the owner asleep inside. The 1 fatality was an indirect cause of the lightning strike.
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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.