There were 26 fatalities in 2011 in 18 States and Guam
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
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| 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 | 9/10 | Sat | FL | Tampa | 21 | M | Water Park | In water evacuating pool | Justin Savers Inversso | ||
| 24 | 9/10 | Sat | KS | New strawn | 48 | F | Reservoir dam | Bicycling | Patty Gilliam | ||
| 25 | 9/15 | Thu | NJ | Atlantic City | 40 | M | Building under construction | Finishing concrete | Bryan Bradley | ||
| 26 | 10/14 | Fri | GU | Hagåtña | 59 | M | In water on reef | Fishing | Edward Cruz San Nicolas | ||
2011 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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| AZ | 2 | Mal | 19 (73%) | 0- 9 | 0 (0%) | Sun | 3 (12%) | 11 | 10 |
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Norm*
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| AR | 1 | Fem | 7 (27%) | 10-19 | 3 (12%) | Mon | 3 (12%) | 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 | 3 (12%) | Tue | 3 (12%) | Feb | 0 | 0 |
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0
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| FL | 1 | 30-39 | 1 (4%) | Wed | 3 (12%) | Mar | 0 | 0 |
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0
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1
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1
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| GU | 1 | 40-49 | 7 (27%) | Thu | 4 (15%) | Apr | 0 | 0 |
1
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0
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1
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3
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2
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| KS | 1 | 50-59 | 9 (35%) | Fri | 4 (15%) | May | 1 | 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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| LA | 1 | 60-69 | 1 (4%) | Sat | 6 (23%) | Jun | 5 | 7 |
12
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10
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14
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10
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12
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| MI | 2 | 70-79 | 2 (8%) | Jul | 9 | 11 |
11
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14
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10
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16
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16
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| MO | 3 | 80-89 | 0 (0%) | Aug | 6 | 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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| MS | 1 | Unknown | 0 (0%) | Sep | 4 | 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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| MT | 1 | Oct | 1 | 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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| NC | 1 | Nov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| NJ | 2 | Dec | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| OH | 1 | Year | 26* | 29 |
35
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29
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47
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48
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55
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| PA | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| SC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| SD | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| UT | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| WI | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 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.
