1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was hit by a lightning bolt while he was pruning an Oak tree 20 feet above the ground. the 38 year old man climbed down the tree and then collapsed in front of a house in the 11900 block of Northeast 11 CT. It was not raining at the time.
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: 5664866.