A 33-year old male was injured by lightning while standing in the bed of this tow truck. He was admitted to a hospital then released.
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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 episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A 33-year old male was injured by lightning while standing in the bed of this tow truck. He was admitted to a hospital then released. Three houses suffered minor damage from lightning-initiated fires.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 1999
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