Lightning Strike in Florida, March 6, 1999

Name: Lightning Strike in Florida, March 6, 1999
Start: 1999-03-06T09:00
End: 1999-03-06T09:00
Location: Florida

March 6, 1999 · NWS MOB · 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: 1
Injuries: 1
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.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Okaloosa

When: March 6, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Okaloosa County, Baker
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.665, -86.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A fatal lightning strike occurred while 2 men were on a boat on Hurricane Lake 10 miles Northwest of Baker or 6 miles North of Highway 4 off of Beaver Creek Road. One of the occupants was killed while the other was injured. Upon the approach of a storm, the occupants moved the boat to beneath some trees to escape the rain and were struck.

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, Okaloosa	1999-03-06	37	Male	Boat	Direct

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, March 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: 5692834.