Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 1999

Name: Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 1999
Start: 1999-06-12T14:25
End: 1999-06-12T15:25
Location: Florida

June 12, 1999 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $1,000
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.

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Citrus

When: June 12, 2:25 PM EST to 3:25 PM EST
Where: Citrus County, Homosassa Spgs
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 28.848, -82.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Citrus County Emergency Management reported that a seventeen year old female was struck and severely injured by lightning while standing in a boat at a boat ramp along Halls River Road along the Homosassa River as thunderstorm activity approached. The female was severely shocked, resuscitated with CPR, and comatose after lightning struck the deck of boat inches from where the victim was standing. The lightning strike melted a rubber band holding the victims ponytail and burned a hole into the boats fuel tank.

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

Every storm in Florida in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, June 1999

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: 5707728.