On this day back in 1990, a thunderstorm 1 mile north of Alex, in Grady County Oklahoma, produced lightning…
On this day back in 1990, a thunderstorm 1 mile north of Alex, in Grady County Oklahoma, produced lightning which struck and killed a man as he was loading watermelons onto a pick-up truck.
The record
- Date
- August 2, 1990
- Where
- Oklahoma and western north Texas
- Recorded by
- National Weather Service, Norman, Oklahoma
What happened
On this day back in 1990, a thunderstorm 1 mile north of Alex, in Grady County Oklahoma, produced lightning which struck and killed a man as he was loading watermelons onto a pick-up truck.
From NWS Norman, This Day in Weather History, Public domain (NWS).