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Lightning — Dare, North Carolina
August 23, 2019 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
The police in Kitty Hawk, NC said that on August 23rd, 2019 around 1:50 PM LST in the 3800 block of North Virginia Dare Trail, in Kitty Hawk, a man was struck by lightning while near shore in the water, throwing a frisbee with friends. After the strike he was face down in the water, and his friends brought him in and performed CPR until a lifeguard arrived. The man was transported to a hospital and died several weeks later. His death occurred around or near September 11th, 2019 according to local news media.
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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.