Lightning in Hillsborough County, Florida

Lightning July 4, 2001 · Hillsborough County, Florida

Injuries

$1K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Eight people were injured, while taking cover in a tent, when lightning struck a nearby tree and the tents central metal support rod, on Beer Can Island in Hillsborough Bay. An adult, holding the center metal support rod of the tent, was seriously injured from the lightning strike.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5261243. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.