Lightning, Miami-Dade
- When
- May 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, 5 mi N of Miami Intl
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, May 28, 1996
A 17-year-old female was hospitalized after being struck indirectly by lightning as she walked down the street. It was not raining at the time.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 MFL wrote it up.
A 17-year-old female was hospitalized after being struck indirectly by lightning as she walked down the street. It was not raining at the time.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 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
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 28 to 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 28 to 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 28, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, May 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 28, 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: 5562006.