Lightning, Marion
- When
- May 7, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, 5 mi SW of Ocala
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.210, -82.057 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Florida, May 7, 1999
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Maryland, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 7, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 7, 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: 5697324.