JACKSON COUNTY — A rancher and more than 30 head of cattle were killed by a lightning strike in Jackson County on Saturday, according to the Jackson County Coroner’s Office.
As first reported by Steamboat Radio, the strike killed the animals and 51-year-old Mike Morgan, who had just finished branding cattle and was starting to feed them when lightning struck. It knocked about 100 head of cattle off their feet, killing 34 of them.
The first call to 911 came in around 2:08 p.m.
Jackson County Coroner George Crocket told Steamboat Radio that a storm blew in northwest of Rand Saturday afternoon.
The National Weather Service (NWS) out of Boulder noted the storm as it moved east on Saturday, and warned people in the foothills and Font Range to go inside if they heard thunder.
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