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Lightning — Kanawha, West Virginia
July 27, 2005 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Kanawha
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 53 year old male was on top of a car hauler, preparing to unload a vehicle, when he was struck and killed. The storm did not contain a lot of cloud to ground lightning, which may have been deceptive to the worker.
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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.