Lightning, Miami-Dade
- When
- May 12, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Kendall
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, May 12, 1999
A 15-year old male was struck and seriously injured by lightning as he walked to Porkys Gym. He may have been near or under a tree.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A 15-year old male was struck and seriously injured by lightning as he walked to Porkys Gym. He may have been near or under a tree. He was hospitalized for two weeks.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 12, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, May 12, 1999
- High Surf in American Samoa, May 12 to 15, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 12, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, May 12 to 14, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 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: 5690314.