Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
—
Area
Brevard
Event narrative (NOAA)
Broadcast media reported that a group of three men were visiting the SPRA park in Satellite Beach when lighting struck two of the men. An off-duty life guard and another bystander gave CPR to one of the victims who was unconscious until Fire Rescue arrived, then both men were transported to a local hospital. One victim, a 35-year-old man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania later died due to his injuries. The second man was only stunned by the lighting strike and had non-life threatening injuries.
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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.