Event narrative (NOAA)
Palm Beach Post reported 6 people, a woman and 5 men, were struck by lightning at the Shakerwood development off of Wellington Trace. This is west of the Mall at Wellington Green. The victims were working on the roof of a townhouse when the lightning struck. Two people, a 20-year-old woman and a man, were knocked off the roof by the lightning strike and were taken to a local hospital trauma center where the women was in critical condition. The woman died from her injuries on August 9th. ||Two others were taken to local hospitals and recovered, while the remaining two victims were treated at the scene and released. ||Based on lightning detection network data, the lightning strike was likely the first strike from a thunderstorm that developed very close to the location.
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.