Lightning in Okaloosa County, Florida

Lightning August 9, 2006 · Okaloosa County, Florida

Injuries

What the National Weather Service wrote

A group of recruits were attending Army Ranger Camp and were laying on the ground as a thunderstorm approached them. Evidently, lightning hit a nearby tree and ran through the root system of the tree. Six of the rangers were injured by the strike and were transported to a local hospital and later released. None of them suffered any serious injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5530333. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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