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To date, there has been 3 lightning fatalities in 2013:
One each in Louisiana, Missouri and Texas.
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
| 1 |
4/23 |
Tue |
MO |
Pomona |
57 |
F |
Front yard under trees |
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Connie Lou Wake |
| 2 |
5/10 |
Fri |
LA |
Lake Charles |
41 |
M |
In boat on lake |
Fishing |
Cleve Manard |
| 3 |
5/21 |
Tue |
TX |
Lufkin |
32 |
F |
Outside restaurant |
Standing |
Meshell Foxworth |
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Lightning Fatalities for 2013 by State
2013 Lightning Fatality Demographics
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State |
Gender |
Age |
Day
Of Week |
By
Month |
| LA |
1 |
M |
1 (67%) |
0-9 |
0 (0%) |
Sun |
0 (0%) |
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13 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
09 |
08 |
07 |
06 |
Norm* |
| MO |
1 |
F |
2 (33%) |
10-19 |
0 (0%) |
Mon |
0 (0%) |
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| TX |
1 |
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20-29 |
0 (0%) |
Tue |
2 (67%) |
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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30-39 |
1 (33%) |
Wed |
0 (0%) |
Mar |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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40-49 |
1 (33%) |
Thu |
0 (0%) |
Apr |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
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50-59 |
1 (33%) |
Fri |
1 (33%) |
May |
2* |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
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60-69 |
0 (0%) |
Sat |
0 (0%)) |
Jun |
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3 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
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70-79 |
0 (0%) |
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Jul |
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13 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
10 |
16 |
16 |
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80-89 |
0 (0%) |
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Aug |
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6 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
12 |
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Sep |
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2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
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Oct |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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Nov |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dec |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Year |
3* |
28 |
26 |
29 |
34 |
28 |
45 |
48 |
54 |
Percentages may not
add up to 100% due to rounding.
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* - Known Fatalities to
date |
Fatality statistics for past years Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 54 deaths per year (1982-2011) 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.
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