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LightningCoconino, Arizona

July 20, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
Area
Coconino

Event narrative (NOAA)

Three young men were struck by lightning within minutes of reaching the summit of Humphreys Peak (12,633 feet above mean sea level). Two of them men were injured and one died.

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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 — Coconino, Arizona, July 20, 2016 | DisasterAtlasUSA