Lightning, Charlotte
- When
- June 27, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, 22 mi E of Port Charlotte
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 26.900, -81.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, June 27, 1996
A 24 year old male was struck and injured by lightning while standing next to metallic farm equipment along State Road 31 near the DeSoto/Charlotte county border.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 TBW wrote it up.
A 24 year old male was struck and injured by lightning while standing next to metallic farm equipment along State Road 31 near the DeSoto/Charlotte county border.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 27, 1996
- Hail in Montana, June 27, 1996
- Hail in Montana, June 27, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, June 27, 1996
- Hail in Montana, June 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 27, 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: 5574270.