Event narrative (NOAA)
From KSHB 41 Action News: A 35-year-old Maryville, Missouri man died Tuesday afternoon after he was struck and killed by lightning while fishing. Maryville Public Safety officers were dispatched around 12:30 to the City Reservoir on a 9-1-1 call. When they arrived, they located Ryen Browning dead on the scene. An initial investigation indicated that Browning was fishing from the bank when he was struck by lightning.||Link to Article: https://www.kshb.com/news/state/missouri/missouri-man-struck-killed-by-lightning-while-fishing .
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.