Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2000

Name: Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2000
Start: 2000-08-19T14:15
End: 2000-08-19T14:15
Location: Florida

August 19, 2000 · NWS TBW · 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: 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.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Lee

When: August 19, 2:15 PM EST
Where: Lee County, 4 mi W of Sanibel
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A woman was struck and injured by lightning while walking under a tree in a parking lot on Sanibel Island. The lightning strike knocked the woman unconscious and left her with burns on her feet. The lightning victim was resuscitated and regained consciousness, but could not speak following the strike.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5173977.