Lightning, Palm Beach
- When
- June 29, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Boca Raton
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1999
A boy was mortally injured by a lightning strike to the hip while taking cover under a tree during the height of a lightning storm. He and a cousin, who was unhurt, had been engaged in construction work on the Boca West Golf Course.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 boy was mortally injured by a lightning strike to the hip while taking cover under a tree during the height of a lightning storm. He and a cousin, who was unhurt, had been engaged in construction work on the Boca West Golf Course. The boy died a week after being struck.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Palm Beach | 1999-07-05 | 14 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
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
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 29, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, June 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 29, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5702091.