Lightning in Escambia County, Florida

Lightning September 8, 2001 · Escambia County, Florida

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two women were killed by lightning near Pensacola Beach at the Fort Pickens State Park. The women were walking side by side on the beach as a thunderstorm moved ashore from the Gulf of Mexico. The storm had not previously been producing much lightning activity, and the women were casually walking to shelter when the bolt struck them. Both women, who were from the local area, were killed instantly.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5268220. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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