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There were 26 fatalities in 2011 in 18 States and Guam
Missouri and Utah tragically have 3 deaths
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
| 1 |
5/23 |
Mon |
MO |
Joplin |
31 |
M |
Outside open |
Tornado rescue |
Officer Jeff Taylor |
| 2 |
6/7 |
Tue |
LA |
Shreveport |
49 |
M |
Golf course |
Golfing |
Jay Greenleaf |
| 3 |
6/9 |
Thu |
PA |
Sadsbury |
13 |
M |
Open field |
Baling hay |
Levi Lantz |
| 4 |
6/10 |
Fri |
NC |
Durham Cnt |
45 |
M |
Field |
Feeding livestock |
Steven Taylor |
| 5 |
6/11 |
Sat |
MT |
Bridger |
54 |
M |
In open,
on horse |
Herding cattle |
Gary Devries |
| 6 |
6/21 |
Tue |
SC |
Ruby |
26 |
M |
Open field |
Playing baseball |
Michael Gulledge |
| 7 |
7/1 |
Fri |
WI |
Burnett Cnty |
11 |
F |
Under Tree |
Camping |
McKenzie Klar |
| 8 |
7/3 |
Sun |
NJ |
Hammonton |
54 |
M |
Near Tree |
Family picnic |
Stephen M. Rooney |
| 9 |
7/11 |
Mon |
UT |
Emery Cnty |
56 |
M |
Open Desert |
Camping |
Joseph L. Geiser |
| 10 |
7/12 |
Tue |
AZ |
Big Lake |
46 |
M |
Camping |
Camping |
Rob Christopher |
| 11 |
7/13 |
Wed |
UT |
Carbon Cnty |
12 |
M |
Open area |
Camping, Scouts |
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| 12 |
7/23 |
Sat |
MI |
Oscoda Cnty |
54 |
F |
River bank |
Tubing |
Lisa Mann |
| 13 |
7/23 |
Sat |
MI |
Oscoda Cnty |
54 |
F |
River bank |
Tubing |
Cheryl Nickert-Keyser |
| 14 |
7/30 |
Sat |
MO |
Polaski Cnty |
20 |
F |
River bank |
Canoeing |
Lindsey Smith |
| 15 |
7/31 |
Sun |
MS |
Pacagula |
41 |
M |
Pier |
Fishing |
Bobby Broadus |
| 16 |
8/3 |
Wed |
SD |
Wasta |
57 |
M |
On Interstate |
Riding motorcycle |
Kurt Stolba |
| 17 |
8/4 |
Thu |
AZ |
Fredonia |
64 |
F |
Grand Canyon |
Tourism |
German tourist |
| 18 |
8/5 |
Fri |
MO |
Warsaw |
78 |
F |
Boat Ramp |
Pulling out boat |
Peggy Louise White |
| 19 |
8/8 |
Mon |
AR |
Rector |
71 |
M |
Open Field |
Chopping cotton |
William “Neil” Arnol |
| 20 |
8/18 |
Thu |
UT |
Bryce Canyon |
51 |
M |
Under tree |
Tourism |
Volker Kunz |
| 21 |
8/31 |
Wed |
CO |
Westcliffe |
59 |
M |
Open area near mountain |
Camping |
Kirk Snyder |
| 22 |
9/4 |
Sun |
OH |
Westchester |
40 |
M |
On Lake |
Camping |
Donnell Russell
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| 23 |
9/11 |
Sat |
FL |
Tampa |
21 |
M |
Water Park |
In water evacuating pool |
Justin Savers Inversso
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| 24 |
9/10 |
Sat |
KS |
New strawn |
48 |
F |
Reservoir dam |
Bicycling |
Patty Gilliam
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| 25 |
9/15 |
Thu |
NJ |
Atlantic City |
40 |
M |
Building under construction |
Finishing concrete |
Bryan Bradley
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| 26 |
10/14 |
Fri |
GU |
Hagåtña |
59 |
M |
In water on reef |
Fishing |
Edward Cruz San Nicolas
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Lightning Fatalities for 2011 by State
2011 Lightning Fatality Demographics
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State |
Gender |
Age |
Day
Of Week |
By
Month |
| AZ |
2 |
Mal |
19 (73%) |
0- 9 |
0 (0%) |
Sun |
3 (12%) |
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11 |
10 |
09 |
08 |
07 |
06 |
Norm* |
| AR |
1 |
Fem |
7 (27%) |
10-19 |
3 (12%) |
Mon |
3 (12%) |
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| CO |
1 |
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20-29 |
3 (12%) |
Tue |
3 (12%) |
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FL |
1 |
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30-39 |
1 (4%) |
Wed |
3 (12%) |
Mar |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| GU |
1 |
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40-49 |
7 (27%) |
Thu |
4 (15%) |
Apr |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| KS |
1 |
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50-59 |
9 (35%) |
Fri |
4 (15%) |
May |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
| LA |
1 |
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60-69 |
1 (4%) |
Sat |
6 (23%) |
Jun |
5 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
| MI |
2 |
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70-79 |
2 (8%) |
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Jul |
9 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
10 |
16 |
16 |
| MO |
3 |
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80-89 |
0 (0%) |
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Aug |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
12 |
| MS |
1 |
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Unknown |
0 (0%) |
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Sep |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
| MT |
1 |
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Oct |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| NC |
1 |
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Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| NJ |
2 |
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Dec |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| OH |
1 |
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Year |
26* |
29 |
34 |
28 |
45 |
48 |
55 |
| PA |
1 |
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| SC |
1 |
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| SD |
1 |
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| UT |
3 |
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| WI |
1 |
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Percentages may not
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* - Known Fatalities to
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Fatality data for past years is also available.
Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 54 deaths per year (1981-2010) 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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