Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
St. Louis
Event narrative (NOAA)
A letter carrier, who took shelter under a large sweetgum tree, was struck by lightning around 115 pm in the 9700 block of Venice Drive in Ferguson as storms moved through the metro area. She was pronounced dead 45 minutes later at a local hospital.
Other notable lightning events in Missouri
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.