Lightning, Prowers
- When
- September 23, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 36 mi S of Lamar
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -102.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 23, 1998
Terry Hendricks, 32, died and three others were injured while working at a hog farm when lightning struck. Hendricks was carrying a metal object when the lightning struck and died at the scene.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Terry Hendricks, 32, died and three others were injured while working at a hog farm when lightning struck. Hendricks was carrying a metal object when the lightning struck and died at the scene. The other three men were airlifted to a Denver area hospital for burns and residual tingling sensation.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Prowers | 1998-09-23 | 32 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5666825.