Lightning in Lee County, Florida
Lightning October 3, 2012 · Lee County, Florida
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An 11 year old student was struck by lightning during football practice at around 4:30 pm EDT on the 3rd, right after taking the field. The student died on the afternoon of the 7th after he was removed from life support.
The wider storm
A stalled frontal boundary from over northern Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico helped fuel scattered seabreeze showers and thunderstorms across the Florida peninsula. A lightning strike from one of these storms struck and killed an 11 year old boy.
Began near Pine Manor (26.5917, -81.8321).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 416015. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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