Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Miami-Dade
Event narrative (NOAA)
Lightning struck and killed a 41-year-old man who was doing landscape work at a home at 10500 SW 62 Ave in Pinecrest. The man was under a tree when the lightning struck. ||It was not raining at the location of the lightning strike, although a thunderstorm was located about 2 to 3 miles to the north. The media reported this incident as dry lightning striking out of a clear sky, although the lightning bolt likely originated out of the side of the nearby storm.
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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.