Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Volusia
Event narrative (NOAA)
Volusia County Emergency Management and many local broadcast and newspaper media reported that a 45-year-old man from North Carolina was killed after being struck by lightning while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 95. The man was struck near mile marker 271 between State Road 40 and U.S. Highway 1. According to Florida Highway Patrol, when the man was struck by lightning he lost control of the motorcycle and careened off towards the side of the road where he crashed. Troopers announced the man died at the scene.
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.