Lightning, Hernando
- When
- July 14, 3:48 PM EST
- Where
- Hernando County, 6 mi NW of Brooksville
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.556, -82.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, July 14, 1996
Lightning struck a power pole outside of a mobile home. The charge traveled into the mobile home and ignited a fire which completely destroyed the structure.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 TBW wrote it up.
Lightning struck a power pole outside of a mobile home. The charge traveled into the mobile home and ignited a fire which completely destroyed the structure. A dog and cat inside the mobile home were consumed by the fire.
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 14 to 15, 1996
- Hail in New York, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 14, 1996
- Tornado in Arizona, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 14, 1996
More
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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: 5571044.