Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coffey
Event narrative (NOAA)
A Kansas man died after being struck by a bolt of lightning. It happened just after 8:15 p.m. Saturday in Coffey County near Waverly.||Coffey County officials say Ronald Nicholas, 68, was outside in his front yard when he was hit. He was hosting a family gathering to celebrate the Fourth of July when the accident happened.||Officials say the storm was not directly over Nicholas' home. He was killed by a stray bolt of lightning from a nearby storm.
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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.