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Lightning — Somerset, Pennsylvania
July 24, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A Somerset County woman and her unborn baby were killed when she was struck by lightning around 1100 am EDT. The woman was hit on Rockdale Road in Summit Township near Garrett while taking cover from a storm under a pine tree. According to PSP, the woman, her husband and two of their children were in the woods picking blueberries when it began to storm. The woman took shelter under one tree and her husband and two children took shelter under another tree nearby. The woman's husband was also hit and slightly injured. The children were not affected.
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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.