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LightningBay, Florida

August 2, 1999 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
Area
Bay

Event narrative (NOAA)

A Georgia man and his teenage daughter were struck by lightning while walking along the beach behind the Sugar Sands Motel on Front Beach Rd. The man died from the strike. The girl was treated by EMS personnel and released.

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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.

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