1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning somehow ran into a garage and blew out all four tires of an automobile that was in the garage. The strike blew a hole in the concrete floor of the garage four to five inches wide and two inches deep. The lightning showed no visible entrance into the garage from the outside.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 1998
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: 5666505.