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LightningTarrant, Texas

August 27, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Tarrant

Event narrative (NOAA)

Lightning struck a pregnant female at 7:30 pm CDT as she crossed a residential street after exiting her car. The unborn child died soon after the strike and the mother died in the hospital three days later on August 30th at 4:44 PM CDT.

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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.

Lightning — Tarrant, Texas, August 27, 2009 | DisasterAtlasUSA