2006 Lightning Fatalities -  

 

There were 48 lightning deaths for 2006 in 24 states, Puerto Rico and American Samoa.
Colorado and Florida had the misfortune of having the most fatalities with 6 and 5, respectively.
No. Date Day ST City Age Sex Location Activity Victim
1 1/13 Fri FL Glendale M 40 Outside Open ----- -----
2 4/6 Wed AS Samoa F 15 In house/by window ----- -----
3 4/11 Tue NE Beatrice F 14 Field Soccer Xenova Butler
4 4/26 Wed FL West Palm Beach M 65 Yard Talking Harrold Bennet
5 5/11 Thu PR Arecibo M 30 Outside Open ----- -----
6 5/13 Sat GA Tifton M 31 Yard Getting to Car Max Hancock
7 5/14 Sun CO Fairplay M 24 Open Field Running Jason Giese
8 5/25 Thu KY Lexington F 68 Yard Taking out trash Shirley Cosby
9 5/31 Wed TN Newbern M 45 Under tree Golf Steve McDaniel
10 6/2 Fri MI Constantine M 45 Under Tree Leaning against tree -----
11 6/2 Fri IL Elgin M 45 Under tree Golf Steve Plutz
12 6/2 Fri PA Thornberry Twp M 53 Under Tree Mowing lawn, riding mower Joseph O'Shea
13 6/8 Thu NC Havelock (Cherry Point F 27 Tarmac of air base Walking ------
14 6/8 Thu CO Walden M 26 Open Field Repairing Barbed wire fence David Les Conder
15 6/11 Sun CO Henderson M 42 Parking lot Walking to car -----
16 6/17 Sat MI Wakefield M 50 Under Tree Camping Albert Bartlett
17 6/21 Wed GA Columbus M 24 Under Tree Mowing lawn, riding lawn mower Adam White
18 6/21 Wed CO Westminster M 46 Highway On motorcycle Gary Missi
19 6/24 Sat NJ Clinton Twp M 59 Under Tree Camping, in hammock Allen Emer
20 7/6 Thu LA Baton Rouge M 30 Field Softball Ronnie Nye
21 7/8 Sat NV Tonopah M 16 By vehicle Checking Tires -----
22 7/15 Sat MS Columbus M 72 In Yard, near tree Walking to car John Fitzgerald
23 7/16 Sun AL Elberta M 11 Yard Feeding animals Daniel Graham
24 7/16 Sun SC James Island M 84 Yard, under Tree Gardening John Boggs
25 7/18 Tue MI Detroit F 44 In park, under tree ------ Tracey White
26 7/18 Tue IN Indianapolis M 08 Yard, under tree Playing Miguel Navarette
27 7/19 Wed FL Belle Glade M 38 Field, Everglades Riding ATV Edward Hidalgo
28 7/19 Wed CO Woodland Park M 17 Field Soccer James Yagar
29 7/22 Sat NJ Montvale M 19 Field Soccer Lee Weisbrod
30 7/22 Sat NJ Montvale M 18 Field Soccer Steve Fagan
31 7/23 Sun MT Billings F 65 Field Walking Sally Noe
32 7/24 Mon WI Antigo M 24 Under Tree ------ ------
33 7/27 Ths LA Baton Rouge M 21 On roof Picking up tools Daniel Romero
34 7/28 Fri NY Montgomery F 54 Unsafe Shelter Golf Ellen Robbins
35 7/31 Mon AZ Lake Powell M 48 Water/on lake Riding jet ski Kenneth Vandehei
36 8/8 Tues NC Chapel Hill M 17 Yard Taking clothes off clothes line Bryan Howard
37 8/11 Fri AR Hot Springs M 19 Field Jogging on Track Adam Harrington
38 8/17 Thu FL Wesley Chapel M 16 On roof Working, roofing Jose Alvarez Jeronimo
39 8/20 Sun AZ Hawley Lake M 20 Under Tree Taking shelter, had been fishing Jason Tyler Woods
40 8/22 Tues SC Lyman F 40 Yard Checking on dogs Norma Jean Fowler
41 8/27 Sun MS McComb M 64 Inside Home On phone Thomas Harrington
42 8/29 Tues SC York M 36 Yard, under tree Walking from vehicle Mitchell Dixon
43 9/4 Mon FL Lehigh Acres M 13 Under tree Had been swimming Christian Arceneaux
44 9/7 Thu CO Burro Creek M 40 Under tree Hunting Robert Heichel
45 9/10 Sun TN Mount Pelia F 14 Yard Stepped off porch Maddison Fagan
46 9/22 Fri AR Bobb Kid Lake F 51 Water/boat Fishing/Heading to land Deborah Massey
47 10/2 Mon WI Preston M 46 Field Surveying Dan Burt
48 10/12 Thu TX Grimes County M 21 Open Field Riding horse Patrick Busa

Lightning Fatalities for 2006 by State

Lightning Deaths in 2006
Puerto Rico and American Samoa Each Recorded 1 Lightning Death

2006 Lightning Fatality Demographics
State Gender Age Day of Week By Month
AL 1 Male 38 (79%) 0- 9 1 ( 2%) Sun 8 (17%)   2008 2007 2006  NORMAL*
AR 2 Female 10 (21%) 10-19 12 (25%) Mon 4 (8%) Jan 1 0 1 0
AS 1   20-29 8 (17%) Tue 6 (13%) Feb 1 0 0 0
AZ 2   30-39 5 (10%) Wed 7 (15%) Mar 0 1 0 0
CO 6   40-49 11 (23%) Thu 9 (19%) Apr 0 1 3 2
FL 5   50-59 5 (10%) Fri 7 (15%) May 2 5 5 7
GA 2   60-69 4 (8%) Sat 7 (15%) Jun 9 12 10 14
IL 1   70-79 1 (2%)     Jul 14 10 16 18
IN 1   80-89 1 (2%)     Aug - 9 7 13
KY 1           Sep 1 5 4 6
LA 2           Oct - 2 2 1
MI 3           Nov - 0 0 0
MS 2           Dec - 0 0 0
MT 1           Year 28* 45 48 62
NC 2                    
NE 1                    
NJ 3                    
NV 1                    
NY 1                    
OH 2                    
PA 1                    
PR 1                    
SC 3                    
TN 2                    
TX 1                    
WI 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 55 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.