Event narrative (NOAA)
Multiple members of media reported two men were struck by lightning at a construction site at the Pines City Center in Pembroke Pines. A 34-year-old man was struck directly while the other indirectly. Both men were taken to a local area hospital. The man who was struck directly had entry and exit wounds and was given CPR by other construction workers before rescue crews arrived. He was transported to a local hospital where he died. The other man who was struck indirectly complained of numbness and was transported to the hospital where he was later released.||Time of the report is when the call was received by 911, and archived data showed lightning in that area around the time of the call.
Other notable lightning events in Florida
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.