Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
3
Property damage
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Area
St. Louis (C)
Event narrative (NOAA)
As storms were moving through the region, four men were struck by lightning while at Marquette Park in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis. A witness said that the lightning bolt struck one man directly and the others were impacted by the force. Two were able to begin performing CPR on the one who was directly hit. All four were rushed to area hospitals with one person being in critical condition. The man in critical condition died 11 days later on July 30th. He was 28 years old.
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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.