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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
600 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009
...JUNE 21ST THROUGH 27TH IS NATIONAL LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS
WEEK...
GOVERNOR MIKE BEBEE HAS DECLARED IT LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS
WEEK IN ARKANSAS AS WELL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...THE
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...THE ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND TOURISM...THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS...THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OF ARKANSAS...AND ENTERGY
ARKANSAS INCORPORATED ARE SPONSORS OF THE WEEK IN ARKANSAS.
FROM 1996 THROUGH 2008...ARKANSAS AVERAGED MORE THAN 750 THOUSAND
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FLASHES PER YEAR. IN 2008...THE TOTAL OF
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FLASHES IN ARKANSAS EXCEEDED ONE MILLION.
FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1996 THROUGH 2008...ARKANSAS RANKED NINTH IN THE
NATION IN THE NUMBER OF LIGHTNING FLASHES PER SQUARE MILE.
IN 2008...LIGHTNING KILLED ONE PERSON AND INJURED THREE OTHERS IN
ARKANSAS. IN LITTLE ROCK...A 17 YEAR OLD MALE WAS KILLED AND TWO
OTHER TEEN AGED MALES WERE INJURED WHILE STANDING UNDER A LARGE PINE
TREE. NEAR LAKE CATHERINE IN GARLAND COUNTY...A MAN WAS INJURED BY
LIGHTNING WHILE CUTTING OFF A LIMB ON A TREE.
IN 2009...A MAN WAS INJURED BY LIGHTNING WHILE WORKING ON A
DRILLING RIG IN LOGAN COUNTY.
IN 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES...28 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY LIGHTNING
STRIKES. OF THESE...
100 PERCENT WERE OUTSIDE
79 PERCENT WERE MALE
36 PERCENT WERE MALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 25
32 PERCENT WERE UNDER A TREE
29 PERCENT WERE ON OR NEAR THE WATER.
EACH DAY THIS WEEK...A DIFFERENT TOPIC WILL BE COVERED.
MONDAY...THERE WILL BE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LIGHTNING.
TUESDAY...THE SCIENCE OF LIGHTNING WILL BE COVERED.
wEDNESDAY...THE TOPIC WILL BE LIGHTNING SAFETY OUTDOORS.
THURSDAY...LIGHTNING SAFETY INDOORS WILL BE DISCUSSED.
FRIDAY...THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF LIGHTNING WILL BE DISCUSSED.
&&
LIGHTNING STATISTICS...INCLUDING A MAP OF LIGHTNING FLASH DENSITY...
CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.LIGHTNINGSAFETY.NOAA.GOV/MORE.HTM
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON LIGHTNING SAFETY IS AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK
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