There were 29 fatalities in 19 states in 2010
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
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1 |
5/1 | Sat | IN | New Haven | 18 | M | In yard | Sheltering under tree | James Bryan Mitchell |
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2 |
5/8 | Sat | CT | Bridgeport | 29 | M | On jetty fishing | Headed to shore | Romeo Briscol |
| 3 | 5/30 | Sun | LA | Baton Rouge | 8 | M | In yard near tree | Family gathering | Evan Elwood |
| 4 | 5/31 | Mon | OH | Clairsville | 33 | M | Prison yard | Headed to building | Dalin Anderson |
| 5 | 6/4 | Fri | NC | Madison Cty | 25 | F | Near mountain top | Hiking | Bethany Lott |
| 6 | 6/12 | Sat | CO | Chaffee Cty | 53 | M | Highway | Riding motorcycle | William Carr |
| 7 | 6/15 | Tue | MO | Jennings | 34 | F | Under tree | Delivering mail | Christina Jones |
| 8 | 6/15 | Tue | NC | Graham | 19 | M | Under tree | Had been playing soccer | Horacio Alejo-Ascensio |
| 9 | 6/20 | Sun | WY | Meeteese | 70 | M | Open hilltop | Getting better cell phone reception | Robert Jesse Gurney |
| 10 | 6/24 | Thu | TX | Stowell | 37 | M | On Boat | Crabbing | Charles Franklin Weaver Jr. |
| 11 | 6/29 | Tue | GA | McDonough | 14 | M | Outside home | Sheltering under tree | Eric Jarrell West |
| 12 | 7/10 | Sat | AZ | Tucson | 53 | M | Golf course | Golfing | Francisco Juarez |
| 13 | 7/11 | Sun | WY | Sheridan Cty | 63 | M | In mountains | Running | David Westlake |
| 14 | 7/13 | Tue | GA | Austell | 16 | F | Outside apartment | Sheltering under tree | Chaquille Hunter |
| 15 | 7/13 | Tue | GA | Austell | 14 | F | Under tree | Walking home | Theresa Seabrum |
| 16 | 7/19 | Mon | NJ | Middletown | 49 | M | Under tree | Watching house fire | Anthony Forte |
| 17 | 7/25 | Sun | AL | New Hope | 15 | F | In Lake | Swimming | Elizabeth Montalvo |
| 18 | 7/25 | Sun | FL | St. Joe Beach | 40 | M | Beach | Walking | David Eugene Lee |
| 19 | 7/25 | Sun | MD | Rockville | 48 | M | Near Tree | Community gathering | Carl Henn |
| 20 | 7/25 | Sun | MD | Annapolis | 63 | M | On bay | Jet Skiing | Warren Douglas Smith |
| 21 | 7/27 | Tue | KY | Ft. Knox | 18 | F | Military Field | Seeking shelter | Carmela Kirkland |
| 22 | 7/28 | Wed | IL | Pontiac | 57 | M | On road | Biking | Ted Lambert |
| 23 | 8/5 | Thu | KY | Russelville | 16 | F | Open field | Digging potatoes | Mary Ella Leid |
| 24 | 8/5 | Thu | MA | Castle Island | 50 | M | Walking | Stephen O’Brien | |
| 25 | 8/7 | Sat | AL | Bay Minette | 34 | M | On river | Boating | Brian A. Pack |
| 26 | 8/10 | Tue | ID | Salmon | 37 | M | On horse | Herding cattle | Michael Haslett |
| 27 | 9/8 | Wed | MA | Plymouth | 29 | M | Under Tree | Unknown | Michael Pasakarnis |
| 28 | 9/9 | Thu | TX | Porter | 21 | M | Soccer Field | Coaching soccer | Franco Emmanuel Olascoaga |
| 29 | 10/24 | Sun | AL | Barton | 41 | M | Coal Barge | Assembling barges | Warren Mullens |
2010 Lightning Fatality Demographics |
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State
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Gender
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Age
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Day Of Week
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By Month
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| AL | 3 | Mal | 22 (76%) | 0- 9 | 1 (3%) | Sun | 8 (28%) | 10 |
09
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08
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07
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06
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Norm*
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| AZ | 1 | Fem | 7 (24%) | 10-19 | 8 (28%) | Mon | 2 (7%) | Jan | 0 |
0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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| CO | 1 | 20-29 | 4 (14%) | Tue | 7 (24%) | Feb | 0 |
0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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CT
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1
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30-39 | 5 (17%) | Wed | 2 (7%) | Mar | 0 |
1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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| FL | 1 | 40-49 | 4 (14%) | Thu | 4 (14%) | Apr | 0 |
1
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0
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1
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3
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3
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| GA | 3 | 50-59 | 4 (14%) | Fri | 1 (3%) | May | 4 |
2
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2
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5
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5
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6
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| ID | 1 | 60-69 | 2 (7%) | Sat | 5 (17%) | Jun | 7 |
12
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10
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14 |
10
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12
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| IL | 1 | 70-79 | 1 (3%) | Jul | 11 |
11
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14
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10
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16
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17
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IN
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1
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80-89 | 0 (0%) | Aug | 4 |
3
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0
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9
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7
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12
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| KY | 2 | Sep | 2 |
4
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1
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5
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4
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5
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| LA | 1 | Oct | 1 |
1
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0
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2
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2
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1
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| MA | 2 | Nov |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| MD | 2 | Dec |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| MO | 1 | Year | 29* |
35
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29
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47
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48
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57
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| NC | 2 | |||||||||||||
| NJ | 1 | |||||||||||||
| OH | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TX | 2 | |||||||||||||
| WY | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. | * - Known Fatalities to date | |||||||||||||
Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 57 deaths per year (1980-2009) multiplied by the average monthly percentage of annual deaths from 1959-1994 as documented in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-193 with Dec 1961 plane crash fatalities removed from the data.
Fatality statistics for past years
