Florida, 1998Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 2 to 3, 1998
August 2 to 3, 1998 · NWS MLB · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Lightning, Brevard
- When
- August 2, 1:56 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Merritt Is
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An 18 year old man was struck and injured by lightning while walking over the Barge Canal Bridge in Merritt Island.
Lightning, St. Lucie
- When
- August 3, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- St. Lucie County, 3 mi W of Ft Pierce
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 27.381, -80.445 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A huge explosion and fireball was created when lightning struck a natural gas pipeline station west of Ft. Pierce.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, August 2, 19982 deaths · 2 events
- Wildfire and Heavy Rain in Washington, August 2 to 30, 19981 injured · $92 million · 8 events
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 2, 19981 death · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 2, 1998$6.0 million · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 2, 1998$857,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 events
- Hail in Kansas, August 2, 1998$315,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 2, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, August 2, 1998$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 2, 1998$20,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 2, 19981 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 2, 1998$2,000 · 3 events
- Flooding in North Dakota, August 2 to 31, 19982 events
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: 5666344, 5666345.