Lightning, Brevard
- When
- July 4, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Titusville
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 1996
A 32 year old man was killed while watching July 4th fireworks along the river front in Titusville.
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
- 0
- 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 MLB wrote it up.
A 32 year old man was killed while watching July 4th fireworks along the river front in Titusville.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:39 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, Brevard | 1996-07-04 | 32 | 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
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- Flood in New York, July 4, 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: 5558384.