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Lightning — Tulare, California

July 28, 2005 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
7
Property damage
—
Area
Tulare

Event narrative (NOAA)

Lightning struck a group of camping Boy Scouts at the 10,700 foot elevation of Sandy Meadow 4 miles west of Mt. Whitney on the John Muir Trail on the 28th. There were 9 individuals struck in a tent that had been erected as shelter from the thunderstorm with one immediate fatality and another critically injured that expired the next day.

Other notable lightning events in California

San Bernardino · June 3, 20091 killedSan Bernardino · September 3, 20011 killedRiverside · July 30, 20031 killedSan Bernardino · September 10, 20041 killedPlumas · June 3, 20091 killedSan Diego · September 2, 20011 killed

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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