Colorado "Day By Day" Lightning Casualty Statistics - 2010 - 2019

Welcome to the Colorado "Day By Day" Lightning Casualty Statistics page, Lightning Casualty Statistics section of the Colorado Lightning Resource Page. This page list (or will list) "day by day" lightning casualty statistics in text format for the entire state of Colorado from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019. The date, time, location (county), gender, age and a brief description are listed for each lightning casualty. Data compiled from STORM DATA plus other sources. For official data, please contact the National Climatic Data Center. For data in the 1980s, click here; for data in the 1990s, click here, and for data in the 2000s, click here.

         2010

26 May 2010, 12:30 MST (13:30 MDT), Adams County: A child was struck in the leg by lightning while watching television.

12 June 2010, 15:10 MST (16:10 MDT), Chafee County: A motorcyclist was struck and killed by lightning in Chaffee County on hghway 285, and died from his injuries a few days later at a hospital in Denver.

10 July 2010, 12:40 MST (1340 MDT), El Paso County: A man was struck by lightning while playing paintball outside. He was airlifted to Denver in critical condition.

03 August 2010, 15:00 MST (16:00 MDT), Boulder County: A hiker was struck while traversing "The Narrows" portion of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. The 31 year old man was struck late in the afternoon at an elevations of 13,800 feet after taking shelter under a rock ledge when the storm approached. The lightning apparently struck a rock then hit the man in the head. He was knocked out for approximately 14 hours and was not found until the next morning. The man suffered from numerous burn injuries. He was conscious and able to walk slowly. He recalled his hair standing on end but was unable to remember being hit by the lightning flash.

16 August 2010, 11:20 MST (12:20 MDT), Arapahoe County: A 14 year old girl was struck by lightning while washing her family's car. The flash hit in the street nearby, the electrical current then travelled up the stream of water coming from the car wash, and then injured the girl. She received minor injuries.

          2011

29 June 2011, 1350 mst (1450 mdt), Arapahoe county: Two airmen from the Colorado National Guard recieved minor injureis when they were struck by lightning. They were struck while on duty at a flight line at Buckley Airforce Base.

24 July 2011, 1400 mst (1500 mdt), El Paso county: Lighting struck at the Aztec Family Raceway, injuring 5 people.

31 August 2011, 1300 mst (1400 mdt), Custer county: Two men were setting up camp when they were struck by lightning. One man died  and the other was knocked unconscious.

          2012

26 September 2012, 1950 mst (2050 mdt). A man was seriously injured when struck by lightning outside the Hebrew Educational Alliance as he and his family were getting into their vehicle. The victim stopped breathing, but was saved by his wife who performed CPR. 15% of the victims body was burned by the flash.

 

 

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