Lightning, Lawrence
- When
- July 12, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 1.06 mi SSE of Spearfish
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 44.476, -103.852
Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 12, 2015
A young man died and another was injured when they were struck by lightning at the Spearfish Canyon Disk Golf Course.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A young man died and another was injured when they were struck by lightning at the Spearfish Canyon Disk Golf Course.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:00 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, Lawrence | 2015-07-12 | 21 | 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
- Excessive Heat in Missouri, July 12 to 14, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 12 to 14, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 12 to 17, 2015
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 12, 2015
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 12, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 12, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 12, 2015
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 12, 2015
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2015
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: 597245.