Lightning Strike in Missouri, October 17, 2005

Name: Lightning Strike in Missouri, October 17, 2005
Start: 2005-10-17T14:00
End: 2005-10-17T14:00
Location: Missouri

October 17, 2005 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 1
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.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Shelby

When: October 17, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Shelby County, 3 mi W of Hunnewell
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.798, -92.077 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two men were killed and one injured by a lightning strike west of Hunnewell. The 3 men were doing road work near the bridge over the North Fork of the Salt River when the storm approached. They took shelter in a nearby shed, and when the storm appeared to let up, they headed for their vehicle. They were struck within a few feet of the vehicle. The men who died were killed instantly.

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, Shelby	2005-10-17	48	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Lightning, Shelby	2005-10-17	50	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, October 2005

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5475864.