Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Polk
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 34 year old female was struck in the head, thrown three feet and killed instantly by lightning while standing outdoors in a field next to a steel fence near the intersection of exit 15 of I-4 and Swindell Street. Very light rain was falling at the time of the lightning strike shortly after a severe thunderstorm had moved through the area.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.