Lightning, Escambia
- When
- June 7, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Escambia County, Pensacola
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 30.614, -87.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 1996
LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TRANSMITTER AT WUWF PUBLIC RADIO STATION IN PENSACOLA. THE STATION WAS KNOCKED OFF THE AIR FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 MOB wrote it up.
LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TRANSMITTER AT WUWF PUBLIC RADIO STATION IN PENSACOLA. THE STATION WAS KNOCKED OFF THE AIR FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 7, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 7, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 7, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 1996
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: 5552095.